Saturday, April 3, 2021

Chinese Proverb: "Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men"

 Indeed it is..After our big cold spell, daffodills and tulips have sprung up everywhere. Yellow, red and white.. Spring is here. The Bible also says that "Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come ". Song of Songs 2:12. All the trees were bare for the winter and everything looked dead, and yet they are coming alive, green, purple, yellow and white. 


Spring is a season of renewal, and it makes me appreciate that as people we can also choose to renew ourselves. If we were upset by events of the past, we can let go. Don't be upset about those events, rather be upset by the time and energy you are devoting to them. Try to enjoy each new moment by completely letting go of the past. We have surely heard the saying : "Today is the first day of your life". But now here is another one: "Today is the last day of your PAST".  These two messages mean two different things. The first one advises us to get our life going the way we want it to go. The second one means get rid of old failures, taboos, and inhibitions that have kept us from being what we CAN be. 


As children we are taught things, some good and some bad. We have been told why some things are "impossible" for us to do or be. We are brainwashed by certain negative input, we carry with us as adults.  We are limited by these warnings, by well meaning parents, relatives, friends or teachers. The good thing is, as adults we are free to evaluate our past and make positive changes.  


Tomorrow is Easter. Jesus was crucified and yet he conquered death! His resurrection gives us HOPE. 

Let Today be the last day of the PAST!!

HAPPY EASTER...HAPPY SPRING AND HAPPY RENEWAL!.

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our soul blossom".            Marcel Proust, French Novelist