Birthdays

Birthdays. What is so special about birthdays? Why do we celebrate birthdays? I know that they are celebrations of the day that we were born and came into this world but why exactly is it a tradition? Why, as we get older, do we less appreciate birthdays? I mean, why exactly do we continue to have birthday celebrations when most people that I know think that the more birthdays you have are only one more year closer to your death. Is that really how we are suppose to look upon these celebration? How are we suppose to see this celebration? Are we suppose to just look at it as a way of receiving a bunch of gifts from our family and friends, or are we suppose to realize that we had had another successful year of being alive and should appreciate the last year of our lives and begin to see a better future for the upcoming year? I think birthdays are kind of misused. I think that most people only see birthdays as the day they are allowed to be greedy and do whatever they want. The way I see it is that people think it’s just another holiday that will give them and excuse to party, be drunk, receive a bunch of gifts, and be rude to everybody because they make everybody do everything for them and make their excuse be, “Oh, sorry, it’s my birthday.” I don’t think that is right or in better words, fair. I think that people should enjoy their birthday celebration but they should also not abuse it. People put a lot of time into having these celebrations for one another so why not show a little respect for these people? I say all this because my birthday is coming up and I was afraid that I was only thinking about what I would be getting for my birthday rather than thinking about how much time people spend into putting on a party for that person’s birthday.