People of our time are challenged to comprehend the meaning of "celebration". We end up being amused or entertained and call it as "celebration".

Celebration is an active state, it is to feel happiness around and cherish life. When we walk down the memory lane, our childhood was the time when we had celebrated profoundly. I remember buying a pair of red shoes, I was bringing my fairytale beauties Cindrella, Rapunzel and Red Riding Hood to life. I even slept wearing these red shoes and walked proudly like a princess.... a celebration of my fairytales.

The other day, I saw my little champ playing piano with happy moves and trying to make his own composition. The notes didnt sync methodically but the music was a celebration of a toddler's proudest possession ... PIANO.

I have fondest memories of my elder son watching " Lion King" daily at his lunch time when he was in grade 1. He was celebrating his appreciation for "Simba" while learning the lesson of good always winning over evil.

As we leave the wonder years of our childhood, we substitute celebration with amusement & entertainment. We may go for a movie even now but sit there to criticize the director or the actor or give our perspective to the story line making the entire movie experience a business report or a thesis. We forget the days when watching movie was like meeting our favourite stars, laughing , dancing and walking out of the theater with our hearts smiling.

Have you ever thought that why the lessons learned in childhood are hardly forgotten? Its because children take joy in their work and celebrate their wins, celebrate themselves for everything they do. And sometimes as adults we forget that's something we should continue doing.

Give the fullness of your brilliance, play your heart out; life is made up of moments and it is for these moments that we give our lives. And we are not here for that long, we'll all be dust before you know it.

Celebrate God by choosing happiness over suffering; by taking the power to love what you want and love it honestly and by taking the power to make your life happy.

Celebrate yourself with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you, with laughing aloud with friends, cuddling with your kids, with long walks hand in hand with your partner, and with being breathtakingly committed to your goals.

Cheers to an EXTRA ORDINARY YOU.