The sun will come up today. The sun will go down. People will go to work, or school, or not. They will drive. They will eat. They will watch tv. They will sleep. Today is like any other day. Except it is also different. It is different because we as a people have decided to use such days to celebrate. We have decided to think about this particular day differently than we would any other day of the year. We recognized how powerful changing ones outlook can be. We can simply decide, “today is special” and it becomes so – to you and to everyone who knows you. You wake up with a smile. People who know you think of you, and smile at you when they see you. They wish you joy and happiness – because it is today. Today people treat you differently, just because all of us collectively decided that this is how this type of day should be treated. And so it happens that way. (more…)