Celebrate! You: Is there really ALWAYS a reason to Celebrate?

I have to admit…the last two weeks that question came to mind on several occasions. Having bad news come in the form of a terminal cancer diagnosis of a close family friend followed by another cancer diagnosis of an immediate family member had me asking that question. Seeing people on my Facebook page posting that they had lost their loved ones recently to cancer had me asking that question. Visiting my Great Uncle in the nursing home and not only seeing him, but also seeing the other residents who don’t have visitors, had me asking that question. And then, to have the Haiti earthquake followed by the Chile earthquake…it just seems like some days it is harder to believe that there is always a reason to Celebrate!

But its in those times, the times that our worlds seem most dark, that a ray of light comes in the form of a random act of kindness from a stranger, a call from a friend at just the right moment, the exuberance of a child who is just happy to see you, or a survivor being pulled from the rubble after they say all hope is gone. Those are the daily celebrations that if we aren’t paying attention to, we could miss out on.

Celebrate! is, of course, about those extra special life moments that we come together to acknowledge like a birthday, wedding or new baby. But it’s also about those daily celebrations we choose to have in the midst of those days that we don’t feel much like celebrating.

So how will you Celebrate! today?

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