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February 2009 
Beautiful Birthday Picnic
Posted on Nov 4th, 2007
by 
Kaius Maximus
Kaius Maximus
I'm basking in the radiant glow of San Diego light hanging out with my family on a lovely November day, thinking about the way we each relate to the day of our birth. Sometimes so differently.
Why do women hate their birthdays?
I know not all women feel this way, but so many just cringe at the thought.
Are we so caught up in the modern thought of aging as an alienating experience that we just reject a chance to celebrate?
The Dalai Lama was asked what he felt would help resolve the issues in the Middle East. "More picnics," he said, "More celebrations."
Happiness is celebrations, and in America, we have so few. In Tibet, there is a holiday almost once a week! There are hundreds of celebrations a year. And of course, peace follows naturally.
What if the keys to aging gracefully were similar?
Here is one of my favorite quotes there is from Katherine Hepburn where, when she was asked how she has dealt with her aging, she replied, "I look in the mirror far less often, and simply stand further away." Aging is meant to quell our vanity, our egos, dissolving it into a sense of selfless love for others, the community, the planet.
A birthday is truly an opportunity to celebrate, to be grateful for life, to draw friends and family near and open our hearts to the beauty of a day where we are fed, alive, in peace, and surrounded by beauty.
Ideally, we live in an inner climate of love. If you bodymind is like a country, would you rather be Tibet or the USA? The US is constantly at war, creating an inner climate of fear, hostility, and insecurity. Tibet uses the opportunity to simply have more picnics, more celebrations, more joy.
So, as I write you today, on my birthday, I make my birthday wish, and it is for you.... more picnics! More time for you to live in love, move in grace, and feel with an open heart the beauty of your birth.
Your beauty presciption for today:
Have a pinic in your livingroom, complete with candles and lovely wineglasses. Sit on the floor with a loved one and play this game: What I love about you is. Each person goes back and forth sharing until you feel complete.
Why do women hate their birthdays?
I know not all women feel this way, but so many just cringe at the thought.
Are we so caught up in the modern thought of aging as an alienating experience that we just reject a chance to celebrate?
The Dalai Lama was asked what he felt would help resolve the issues in the Middle East. "More picnics," he said, "More celebrations."
Happiness is celebrations, and in America, we have so few. In Tibet, there is a holiday almost once a week! There are hundreds of celebrations a year. And of course, peace follows naturally.
What if the keys to aging gracefully were similar?
Here is one of my favorite quotes there is from Katherine Hepburn where, when she was asked how she has dealt with her aging, she replied, "I look in the mirror far less often, and simply stand further away." Aging is meant to quell our vanity, our egos, dissolving it into a sense of selfless love for others, the community, the planet.
A birthday is truly an opportunity to celebrate, to be grateful for life, to draw friends and family near and open our hearts to the beauty of a day where we are fed, alive, in peace, and surrounded by beauty.
Ideally, we live in an inner climate of love. If you bodymind is like a country, would you rather be Tibet or the USA? The US is constantly at war, creating an inner climate of fear, hostility, and insecurity. Tibet uses the opportunity to simply have more picnics, more celebrations, more joy.
So, as I write you today, on my birthday, I make my birthday wish, and it is for you.... more picnics! More time for you to live in love, move in grace, and feel with an open heart the beauty of your birth.
Your beauty presciption for today:
Have a pinic in your livingroom, complete with candles and lovely wineglasses. Sit on the floor with a loved one and play this game: What I love about you is. Each person goes back and forth sharing until you feel complete.
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