What is a celebration? It is a moment of joy and delight to mark a goal achieved, an event, or something very important to us. Often, we invent a celebration as an excuse to get together with family and friends and celebrate something together. The aim: to have a good time, enjoy ourselves, laugh, and remind ourselves how much we mean to one another.
Yes, in most situations, that is what we would call a celebration: sharing time together and celebrating what we consider great occasions. But what if we celebrated the big events, and the small ones even more? What if we also reminded ourselves every day how important and valuable we are?
Everyday life is full of small victories that make up those great occasions. The small achievements we accomplish each day deserve a celebration too. Little achievements such as not burning the rice while cooking today—that deserves a celebration in my book. That neighbor you like so much—she looks at you and says good morning. To me, that calls for a huge celebration. The code you have been writing compiling without errors: that deserves a celebration. That piece of equipment you were repairing working on the first try, or the second… as long as it works, that is a tremendous cause for celebration.
Celebrate the way your mother did when she saw you take your first steps or when you said “Mom” to her for the first time. Celebrate yourself, sing, dance, congratulate yourself, aloud or in your head. Recognize how good you are: you will brighten your day. As you realize your own worth, you will develop the habit of celebrating yourself daily and reminding yourself that you do deserve all the good things happening to you. That is what life is made of: small celebrations that nourish our hearts.
Celebrate every little triumph you have during the day. Go over them before you go to sleep, celebrate them again in your mind, and go to bed with the feeling that you have reached a new level through small moments. In this way, you will train your mind and your heart so that when you see small achievements in others, you can celebrate together and spread that joy to those secret “admirers” who are watching you, waiting to see you fail.
“There are only two ways to live life. One is as though nothing were a miracle. The other is as though everything were a miracle.”
Albert Einstein