There was no fanfare, no cake, no partying, no elaborate dinner with everyone paying their utmost attention on me just because I made it to another year in existence.
And yet, it felt like the best birthday ever. Maybe it's only because I can remember it so well and it's replaying like a broken record in my head. A weekend getaway in Port Dickson with the most unlikely people yet refreshingly awesome. The rain, beach, sleeping in a room filled with people, having breakfast made by other people and sharing it with more than 10 people (including a really cute baby), laughing, chatting, getting much needed rest, receiving sms' and calls, knowing God was probably doing all that with us and just being made the perfect day. Laugh when you feel like laughing, sing when your heart sings and rest like you're in the arms of an angel.
So, here I am almost wrapping up my very eventful year. It always felt like the end of another year for me as I progress on with the ages. Maturing, growing, blessings. Overwhelming yet trying to contain it all. The weekend gave time for self-recollection, to "re-member" thoughts and events, people and time, to smile at the good things and learn from the not-so-good. Friends are so important, family even more.
"I believe in the sand beneath my toes,
The beach gives a feeling,
An earthy feeling,
I believe in the faith that grows"
- Semi-charmed Life by Third Eye Blind
The sand and sea felt good. Camera in hand with clouds floating above couldn't be a more perfect setting for God to reveal his presence. In my head was the infinite number of grains of sand that only He knew how much. What more about the life of me and what's to come. Some calculation was going on in my head but maths didn't prove anything.
Be still and know that He is God. always. now and forever.
Despite the bizarre dream I had last night, the soul's at rest and at peace right now. Excited for the year that's almost done and for the year that's to come.
Above all, thankful for the moments and people that happen with each new morning.
Happy 23rd Birthday.

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