What's the Big Deal about 'a Day of the Year'? What Makes It Any Different?
@mythociate (21437)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
June 21, 2018 11:18am CST
Nothing, really (except perhaps something "astrological" ... something about 'the planet Earth returning to relatively the same position relative to the Sun & -relative to the mostly-consistent visible-universe (constellations); but it ... it probably has something to do with the very-root of the word "arbitrary"---it's the date (& possibly time) that 'the wider community agrees-upon' as "the time that we will celebrate-a person's birth or -a couple's marriage or -a celebrated community-achievement!'
http://celebratebecause.blogspot.com/2018/06/its-planetary-alignment-that-most.html
I wondered about this when Microsoft Bing told me today (June 21) is Prince William's birthday, and I started a little "study" of the word-histories used in all his titles & -appointments.
I'm a little bit jealous (as older people often are of younger people who--because they were lucky to have the parents they have--have done 10 tons more with their lives already).
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
26 Jun 18
Partly, but Prince William's "putting in the work" was basically 'telling GrandMum I wanna be a soldier/scholar,' and then getting dressed and going to the place and doing it, whereas for nearly anyone else it's a lot more work and a lot more luck needed!
Anyway, that's not 'what this discussion's about'---it's about 'what makes "a day that happens to have the same "month and date-number as happened all the years before" any different than any other day?'
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
28 Jun 18
@Daelii Then why not remember them everyday (for maybe five minutes in the morning) and then 'get on with life'?
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
27 Jun 18
@mythociate most people have the ability to remember events and have feelings relating to other people. So some days hold personal importance because of events happening on them.
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21 Jun 18
Maybe according to old speculations on stellar orbits etc.; but--with the idea that the Sun is a star that orbits the center of the galaxy--maybe it's more like 'Earth takes the lead again'-day 
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