"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." - Oprah Winfrey
Roll out the red carpet.
Let trumpets blare your arrival.
Crowds cheer from the left and right while paparazzi clamor for your attention.
Could all of this really be for you?
Accomplishment whether large or small are worth celebrating, if only taking simple pleasure in feeling you have done a good job. Every little thing you do can be deemed a success. Every time you cause another to smile, to laugh or ease even their smallest burden is worth celebrating.
Many believe it takes the grandest of accomplishments such as raising millions of dollars for a charity.
Many believe it takes solving world hunger or any one of a number of human needs to garner celebration.
Most of what you do each day are worthy of celebration. By holding the door open for someone carrying a package, you have something worth celebrating. It could be offering a bit of encouragement to someone down on their luck. Showing up at your child's school to have lunch with them, to hold the hand of a friend in tough times and dropping a few coins in a street person's cup without questioning.
It may seem prideful or pretentious for us to declare the small accomplishments in grandeur. Others may consider it "putting on airs" (pretend to be grander and more important than they really are). Yet that is far from my point. I want you to feel good about the good you do. We spend way too much time beating ourselves up over the minor infractions. We should spend some time lifting ourselves up instead.
Life is worth celebrating. The good however small or seemingly insignificant should be celebrated. We should walk the red carpet once in a while.
Stay inspired my friends.
