Happy Birthday

The cheerful tag in this photo was attached to a bouquet of sunflowers that a friend gave me two years ago on my birthday.  It hangs on a drawer in my kitchen, a colorful reminder of the joy of friendship.

When I posted the photo on flickr this morning I almost instantly received a Happy Birthday wish from one of my online friends.  A few years ago I would have rushed to explain, "Well...today's really not my birthday." Instead, I've decided to let it go.

Meister Eckhart, an early Christian mystic, once asked, "What good is it to me for the Creator to give birth to his son if I do not also give birth to him in my time and culture?

So, Happy Birthday, Christ, into my life today.