Ready or Not

It is the 23rd of March already and Easter Sunday is about to 'spring' on us. It is early this year and so far the forty days of lent has been flying by. I gave up sweets and have been tempted several times but, so far, I have stayed the course. I know I will feel very good about myself for having spent forty days without chocolate and all of the favorite 'goodies' I usually imbibe in, but the truth is I want to lose a couple of pounds . . . I don't, for I make up in other ways for the sweets I do not eat. I have found over the years it is a losing battle and the loss is not where I want it to be. On the other hand, my 'pride goeth before a fall' and I have to pat myself on the back for having sense enough to test my 'mettle' and that alone is worth the small sacrifice I try to make and maybe, just maybe a couple of souls get in through the garden gate.

Soon it is time to check the cupboards and make sure you have a coloring kit and be ready for the annual Easter egg coloring. It is such fun, especially if you have a house filled with children to help you. You can be as creative as you please and fill a basket for your Easter morning breakfast table. Over the days hard boiled eggs to eat in hand, or make an off season potato salad or even an egg salad sandwich is tasty and our minds are filled with good intentions for new beginnings. Easter a holy holiday, like Christmas . . . we have lived the life of Christ one more time and in spite of all the commercialism, we find one more chance to pick ourselves up and get on with our lives.

So today be of good cheer even though we are reeling from all the negative and frightening winds of politics as usual. A price has to be paid for poor choices. We will need every ounce of strength to find a way to survive in this world of change, and giving in to depression and worry is not the way of faith. So pull yourself up by your 'boot straps' and get on with your life. Start today by making it the best you can for today is all you have, enjoy it because tomorrow becomes a 'today' and you get to do it all over again. Look for that silver lining, it's there waiting for discovery. You may have to shift through a lot of camel dung to get to the bunny pellets but think of the fun you will have watching the mighty fall when you get out and vote in November of next year.