I am happy to announce that I passed away yesterday.
Now that I have your attention, rest assured I am alive and kicking. When celebrities pass away, there is an outpouring of love and messages that they never get to read. Wouldn’t it be nice if all that love was poured out while the individual was still alive? And why limit that to celebrities? It should be done for every person we care for or who matters to us. The best day of the year to do this? Their birthday, of course.
Nowadays a vast majority of birthday wishes are limited to a plain, dry ‘happy birthday person name’ message on the person’s Facebook wall or WhatsApp group. I too am guilty of such shallow greetings on many occasions. When we wish someone a happy birthday, let’s try to do it nicely by putting our heart into it and letting the person know why we feel they are special. Or share an old memory. Or something just a little more than happy birthday.