27th Birthday of My Life

Today is my 27th birthday. I woke up in the morning just like usual. Nothing has changed. I got birthday wishes from my beloved wife, my family, my friends, my colleagues all over from the social media and text messages. But, I came to the realization that I was the one has changed. Me, myself.

If it was a few years ago. I would have been so excited about my coming birthday. Waiting for my birthday celebration, cakes, candles and lovely dinner. But this year, I want nothing. I told my wife I didn’t want any birthday dinner. I told my parent I don’t want any celebration.

I think my life has changed since the miraculous day of my daughter birth. I started to stand up for something. She inspired me to become a better person, a good husband, father, and a good son. Having a lovely daughter is the greatest source of motivation in my life. I quit my family business, trying to get rid the shadow of my family. Join another company to explore my lone adventure. Started a habit to write the blog to remind me. I started to appreciate every single moment in my life not only during birthday.

When we were young, we have taken everything for granted. We want birthday cake from our parents, we request presents, celebration and we feel like we are the center of the world. But my 27th birthday makes me realized how long the journey of my life still has to go. So many things I wanna do, so many things waiting for me to explore, but yet the cruelty time did not slow down and wait for me.

My 27th birthday makes me realized what is real friendship in our life, people comes and goes in our life. Someone might help us, someone might hurt us, took something away from us. But some people will appear in our life as a mentor to guide us, push us, motivate us to move forward. Friendship makes me realized even we do not need to meet up every single day we still can be friends. Friendship builds within the intangible of bond and trust.

For some people, they celebrate their birthday as their existence of years in this world. But my birthday makes me to look back my 27 years of life, to remind me what is the achievement I had done, the people that helped me, guided me, supported me. 27 years it’s not a big numbers compare to other people, but I know there are so many challenges ahead in the journey of my life to shape my personality, my thought, my determination.

My 27th birthday ended as a part of a chapter in my life. Let me have the courage to embrace the uncertainty in the future. I’m ready to pursue my dream relentlessly as there is always family as a compass in my life to propel me forward without capitulating to fear and obstacles.