Many times throughout the year we throw parties to celebrate
a certain occasion, often times with a cake or balloons and maybe even one of
those fun piñatas. Recently, I have had several reasons to celebrate; K-State
winning the Big 12 Championship, my godchild’s second birthday, my dads’ 50th
birthday and many more. Every one of
these occasions resulted in some mutual feelings of happiness, thankfulness and
praise. But what if we celebrated like
we won the Big 12 every day?
The evening of the final K-State home football game was a
special one. Team mate and friend
Glendolyn, or as I affectionately call her Coco and I stormed the football
field after the win over Texas to secure the Big 12 Championship title. It was the celebration of a lifetime and
something I will always remember.
My godchild Addalyn who I refer to as Boo, is the most
important person in my life. She
celebrates like there is no tomorrow including when she goes on the big girl
potty and says to me “still dry”.
If we could have the mentality like Coco and myself after the game or like Boo during potty training we would be celebrating
every day. It sounds like a great plan
in theory but I will be the first to admit sometimes things go wrong that lead
us to throw ourselves a pity party not a celebratory one. As difficult as it may seem sometimes life is
about picking up what happened and moving on while trying to find the good in
the situation. No, it most certainly
isn’t always easy but life is so much sweeter when we learn to celebrate the
little things like hitting every green light on the way to school, or acing a
test, or even having the extra time for a nap during the day.
With this New Year I challenge all of us to celebrate every
day for whatever reason and if we can’t find a reason here is a great one; we
are alive, and the sun will come up tomorrow.
Stay Classy Kansas FFA
