Happy Birthday to me

My mom called couple of minutes ago, she said " by this time some years back, I was running around my ward restlessly just to keep up with the pains I was going through.
So tomorrow your gonna have to celebrate me too.
And I told her,"mom, I'm gonna take that pain away, and you know how I'm gonna do that?....I'm gonna make you so proud".
Mom, not a single day passes without me appreciating your effort.
I'm not gonna let you down..
Thank you for being patient with me that whole time..
I love you mom...

MY BIRTHDAY OF A NEW BEGINNING

In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.
It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.
Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.
Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life’s desire.
Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.