FEBRUARY 17 SPECIAL EVENTS
Each day of the year has its own specialty and specification. February is the smallest month as well as the decider month of the year whether it is a leap year or not. It is a warm month which welcomes spring and says goodbye to winter. There are many special events which fall on this month has lots of national as well as international concerns. These events were celebrated in order to enhance humanity, heritage and prosperity for the well being of humans. So let us quickly move on to today’s specification and importance.
Random Acts of Kindness Week
From February 15th to February 21st is considered as the week of Random Acts of Kindness Week. Scientific researches prove that witnessing kindness in public or doing kind activities improves the quality living of people. Even the smallest activity can make change in one’s life. Spreading happiness and positivity makes one to feel complete.
This week encourages people to show their kindness towards others and to help the people who are in need. Many non-profit organizations raise their helping hands towards schools, poor villages, and orphanages and conduct camps related to medical checkups and other stuffs. This week also inspires people to elaborate their minds and encourage our family and friends to give back the act of kindness. Nowadays parents have to encourage their children to incorporate kindness as a part in their daily life.
Hash tags like #ExploreTheGood, #MakeKindnessTheNorm, #RandomActsofKindnessDay are used to make people aware about this day in means of a positive note.
Nest Box Week
From February 14th to February 21st is celebrated as Nest Box week. The main motto for celebrating Nest Box Week is to find more number of homes for birds. Everyone must have childhood days hearing the chirping and humming of various birds. Frankly speaking our childhood days are incomplete without these tweets. This week allows people to involve in conservation activities towards birds. Due to human activities and pollution birds are becoming endangered nowadays.
During this week lots of bird watchers and ornithologists suggests people to provide local nesting for birds in order to bring habitat to conserve birds. In olden days there was lots of tress all over the surrounding we lived. But now due to deforestation lots of birds and animals lost their habitat of living. So the Department of Ornithology provides various sizes of nest boxes during this week and people can be able to install these boxes in their houses or any other convenient places.
Proper guidelines such as the location of the nest box, making a hole inside it, best time to put up a nest box and how to look after when a bird uses it, are being instructed by the bird watchers. The National Nest Box Week (NNBW) takes place each year as the part of an ornithological calendar. It celebrated in order to enhance the biodiversity of birds.
Kraut and Frankfurter Week
Sauerkraut and frankfurters are famous German cuisine which is having an authentic taste with an international audience. In former days it’s been famous in China, later Germans and Dutch incorporated these foods in their lifestyle in order to prevent scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency disorder. Frankfurter or a meat sausage that is made of pork.
It is named after the city of Frankfurter, Germany has been made. It was being served during crowning ceremony of Roomberg. Later in 1800s it became famous in United States. During world war, the Sauerkraut was termed as Liberty Cabbage. Now both became an essential part of American Cuisine. People wish to make hotdogs and Frankfurter in this week in their own backyard barbeque or in an outdoor picnic.
The streets of New York and Germany most of the restaurants enthusiastically make this food and attract people with its delicious taste. Hash tags like #FrankfurterandKrautWeek has been popular during this week as families will have a good time by celebrating this delicious week of food.
World Human Spirit Day
Another important specialty of today is World Human Spirit Day. It is celebrated to create a positive thought in ourselves to empower. This day also has an importance to thank higher powers for what we had achieved and what we don’t and also thanking the efforts made on our life. It emphasizes that spirit inside every human is essential to understand the reality of existence.
On this day maintaining silence will create a new understanding about human spirit. Silence will create a refreshment and can be able to realize the human spirit. A five min silence prayer or meditation has been held to feel positivity, creativity and connectivity between our loved ones. It invokes mindfulness, gratitude, self love and balance. This day focuses on meditation and mental relaxation improving the qualities of human spirit. #HumanSpiritDay will be common in this day.
My Way Day
Final specification of today is My Way day. It is an amazing day celebrated all over the world. According to an amazing phrase, “It is my way or the high way”, people can encourage themselves to involve them in a desired manner related to their wish. Anyone can do any legal activities in this day by motivating themselves.
It is one such positive day in a year to do one’s favorite activities and listen up to their heart’s voice. Keep believing in facts that do not expect anything from others. Do trust yourself and believe in on your own efforts. Think positive that you will win one day. Keep yourself away from negativity, frustrated feeling and overwhelming. Have a concentrated mind by relaxing often through meditation.
In this way today there are lots of specification for improving the quality of human values and standard of living.
