Birthdays Shmirthdays?

Happy Birthday Cake

Happy birthday to all the other Scorpios out there!  My birthday is pretty much my favorite day of the year.  I believe acquiring another year of life is a grand achievement worthy of celebration. This year, however, I came upon one of those numbers with a "5" in it.  You know, halfway through a decade.  Which basically means I'm closer to the other end of the spectrum.  

It jarred me a little, I have to admit.  What was that about? I realized that the last five years have whizzed by.  Yes, I got a Masters degree, and yes, I started my own business, but I'm still wondering... what have I been doing? Have I really been living? Or is time just passing me by?  

I realized that I needed to do a more in depth analysis. I think birthdays are a perfect opportunity for reflection.  Every year I do a small inventory of where I've been and where I would like to go. This year felt like I needed to dig a little deeper. Fortunately, there was a New Moon a few days before the Big Day, so I did a little ceremony. I decided to look at the past five years and shine a light on what I considered to be my wins and my failures.  

Here are a few questions that started the process:

Where have I been great?

Where could I be better?

Is there anything I'm hanging onto that I need to let go of?

What am I grateful for?

What's the highest possibility for my life?

At the end of the exercise, I felt completely alive.  Ready to take on the next five years with reckless abandon.  I am excited for life, wherever it might lead me.

So, birthdays shmirthdays? No way Jose.  Still the best day ever.