In Others’ Words: Unexpected Celebrations

Our perspective affects our outlook on life.

And author Robert Brault’s mindset makes me smile.

We all know the traditional, here-they-come-again celebrations. Birthdays. Independence Day. Thanksgiving. Yom Kippur. Christmas. Weddings — and the subsequent anniversaries. Graduations.

But what other special occasions can we celebrate besides the ones already prewritten on most calendars? The photo above is recreated at every Deep Thinkers retreat, an annual writers conference that meets in Destin, Florida. Attendees always take time out for a photo shoot and from the very first one a dozen years ago, there’s been a feet-in-the-sand photograph.

What other moments can be celebrated? How about:

An unexpected rainbow
Someone else’s success
The overflowing noise and activity of family gathered all around for no special reason. It will be quiet again soon enough.
The lessons learned when we fail

 

In Your Words: What special occasion (that’s not on the regular calendar) would you celebrate this week … or sometime this year?

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