Birthdays (in response to Hans Lee Houng's post)

In this blog post, I'm going to refute the statements and claims my friend here has made regarding the said topic, which is on birthdays. hansleehoung.blogspot.my/2016/06/birthdays.html

Not everything has to be all doom and gloom...
To me (and to a vast majority), birthdays are a celebration. The day of your birth marks the beginning of your life. What I believe is that the first "present" that you have ever received is the first day you came into this world: the gift of life. The second gift you receive is the gift of family, then the gift of love and joy. Also, know that you are gift. You must have heard this phrase somewhere...

"Children are a gift from God".

Exactly. In the same way your family is a gift to you, you are a gift to your family!
Amazing, isn't it? (Or do I need to do more to convince you, o ye of much bitterness?)

Imagine this: what if you weren't born?
Without life, you wouldn't be sitting right here, in front of your computer/phone wasting your time on the internet...
Or even going to school and experiencing the joy of meeting with friends
Or even being able to have fun and play games
Or even having to witness the beauty of the world and the people all around you.

If you weren't born, you wouldn't be living your life the way you should. And that is how it should be.

(And to my friend, Lee Houng: if you weren't born, you wouldn't be able to make such post about birthdays being a complete bummer, or in other words, total bull****. If you weren't born, you wouldn't even be my friend...)

Life is a gift.
You are a gift.
And I appreciate you.

Thank God for such wonderful blessings. Amen.