daku's birthday
Today I would like to reflect with you the meaning of a life that is lived in sickness and pain. I must confess that the decision to reflect on these topics made me quite uneasy. First question was – is this appropriate for a birthday. Second dilemma was do I have to speak of something like sickness that we prefer not talk about. If I decided to do this it is because I believe that whenever we celebrate birthdays we celebrate the beauty of life itself – not just the joys of life but the joys with the pain. Pain is not something that we should be afraid of, or something we would rather keep silent of or probably deny. Pain is very human as much as joy is – embracing it means accepting our humanity – the same humanity which we celebrate during birthdays.
Today I would like to reflect with you the meaning of a life that is lived in sickness and pain. I must confess that the decision to reflect on these topics made me quite uneasy. First question was – is this appropriate for a birthday. Second dilemma was do I have to speak of something like sickness that we prefer not talk about. If I decided to do this it is because I believe that whenever we celebrate birthdays we celebrate the beauty of life itself – not just the joys of life but the joys with the pain. Pain is not something that we should be afraid of, or something we would rather keep silent of or probably deny. Pain is very human as much as joy is – embracing it means accepting our humanity – the same humanity which we celebrate during birthdays.
Today I would like to reflect with you the meaning of a life that is lived in sickness and pain. I must confess that the decision to reflect on these topics made me quite uneasy. First question was – is this appropriate for a birthday. Second dilemma was do I have to speak of something like sickness that we prefer not talk about. If I decided to do this it is because I believe that whenever we celebrate birthdays we celebrate the beauty of life itself – not just the joys of life but the joys with the pain. Pain is not something that we should be afraid of, or something we would rather keep silent of or probably deny. Pain is very human as much as joy is – embracing it means accepting our humanity – the same humanity which we celebrate during birthdays.
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