Thoughts about Easter(JD) What do you believe about Easter? Do you believe in the Resurrection? In Easter bunnies? In life after death?

For me... Easter is a day for HOPE. Hope that perhaps our lives do not really end in a grave, or as dust in the wind.... and maybe we will see those we love once again, in another form in some future heavenly realm. It's a nice idea, after all, isn't it?

Of course the physical body dies, we all know that. But do we all possess a spiritual being that does not die but simply begins another kind of being outside of the physical realm? A renewal? A rebirth?

And isn't that what SPRING is all about? Renewal. Rebirth. Here in North America it is Spring. Sleeping bears and other wildlife are awaking from winter hibernation, many introducing their newly born young to the world for the first time. Birds are returning from their winter migrations. New growth is appearing on barren trees. Spring flowers are blooming. The mating season has begun and soon there will be new births and new lives just beginning....

New life beginning.... whether you are spiritual or not, religious or not, renewal, rebirth, and new life beginning.... This is what Easter celebrates.

For those who have lost loved ones during this past year, or in years past, may the hope of rebirth bring you comfort. And for everyone who has been through a long winter, whether physically, spiritually, or emotionally, may the renewal of life that is celebrated as Easter bring you a renewed hope for the future....

Happy Easter to you all. May you be blessed!

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