The whole topic of gifts, presents, ‘free’, favors, and more has been an interesting exploration for me over the last few years. For a while now, I haven’t celebrated birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, etc, because to me, each and every day has something to celebrate.

It seems strange to me that we arbitrarily pick days to say are worth “celebrating” while then continuing on the rest of the year as though nothing happened (happens?). I got tired of just giving gift certificates for every single gift because it was easy and I knew it would be appreciated, and instead wondered what it would be like to give personally meaningful gifts.

And quite frankly, it’s kind of hard…

What I’ve noticed though is that I give gifts less frequently, I receive fewer gifts, and there’s much more appreciation all around because the gifts truly are from the heart. They involve taking a risk, of being exposed, of perhaps even discovering the gift I gave wasn’t right for that person at all.

I give gifts for no reason, other than I saw something I thought would be great for a person and got it for them. Or perhaps I just feel like I want to give something to somebody, and so I hold that heart’s wish to see what unfolds. Sometimes my gifts are a flop, and occasionally a gift card still sneaks out — but the foundation is fundamentally different.

And in a way I do still celebrate the random arbitrary special days. The people I care about care about me, and they enjoy celebrating my birthday, Christmas, and other events. On the outside it may look the same – since there’s still the exchange of gifts, sometimes cake (chocolate is my favorite!), and the appearance of celebrating a random arbitrary day.

Deep down though, it’s different.

I know I’m not celebrating the event, but rather, I am celebrating the moment… to spend time with friends and family in joyous appreciation for one another. For me it is about embracing the love we all share, regardless of the context… and it just so happens that sometimes the only way to get all the people I care about in one place is to do it around those random arbitrary days that my family and friends celebrate like birthdays or holidays.

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