Men, are you making your life a celebration?

Well, it’s Friday and many guys are ready to blow off some steam. But, are you really making it a celebration? Do you only celebrate on the weekends by drinking or other habits that wear you down, try to build up your strength during the week (while trying to work), then break down again on the weekend?

Make every day a celebration. When you get up in the morning, it’s a celebration that you are above ground! Nothing has been determined, the future is unknown. Life is to be celebrated. Everything about it. Create your day instead of reacting to it.

Much of a man’s inability to celebrate comes from seeing his father so serious, worn out and grumpy all the time. We get conditioned when little to think that men are serious, maybe even angry. (Girls saw this too.) BUT, because we were little, we didn’t realize that we saw dad often after work, when he was tired. Especially after a long day of being abused by a boss. If he did celebrate, it might have been escaping into a TV or booze.

We’re grownups now, and it’s time to realize that’s NOT how men are or are supposed to be. It’s just what our little mind saw and made up. For over 100 years, fathers have been coming home from factories and offices so their kids misunderstood that “that’s how men are.”

So, a boy grows up and thinks men are serious, tired, grumpy. He either becomes that serious man or tries to be a boy so he can celebrate. Let’s clear up the confusion. MEN CELEBRATE LIFE! They celebrate every moment because they realize some day it will all end. This knowing is a gift because you remember to kiss your wife on the cheek for no reason. Smile with your clients because you may not see them again. Say hello to a stranger just because you’re alive.

Stop waiting until something happens in your life. Make today and every day a celebration and watch what transforms around you from the joy that you are still alive.