An Unusual Easter
April 10th 2007 01:29
This has truly been an unusual Easter. For one thing, the weather turned unusually cold and we actually had snow a few days ago! Snow! Someone told me we haven't had snow at Easter since the 1980's.
I didn't really have the opportunity to fully embrace the Easter season because I worked Thursday, Friday, Saturday at a contract job sampling coffee at a local store. It was a blast, as I just adore coffee, and this was some great coffee. Pay was good, coworker very congenial and of course, there's no happier place for grown-ups than a coffee stand offering free coffee! Talked to a lot of interesting people over sample-sized cups of coffee.
I did get off work in time to attend a Tennebrae service on Good Friday. It was very moving, and each year, I am moved to tears as the readings are recited rekindling the memory of the events that happened on that awful Friday night 2000 years ago. Sunday though -- wow! We had a great Sunday School lesson and the service was amazing. I remember thinking to myself how my life is in a season of Easter. I am beginning a new phase, a rebirth of sorts as I begin to live into who I am to become.
I have a much healthier attitude about food and eating. I've been to the gym several times and going for walks, as I am so grateful for the warmer, sunnier weather we've been having (prior to the Easter snow!). I'm not focusing on losing weight, but rather on enjoying the food I'm eating. It's so liberating to not feel guilty if I want a piece of cheesecake or other indulgence. Actually losing weight? Not sure, but that's not what I'm preoccupied with. I hope it will happen, but I will not be consumed by focusing on it.
The thought of an Easter season in my life just changes everything, don't you think? I am now pursuing a job that will also allow me time to write. My heart tells me to write. My passion is writing. More than that, I'm seeking a job that is meaningful to me. At this point, I want to do work that also nurtures my soul.
For now, I search and wait on God to show me the way. That in and of itself is reflective of the a "new me."
I didn't really have the opportunity to fully embrace the Easter season because I worked Thursday, Friday, Saturday at a contract job sampling coffee at a local store. It was a blast, as I just adore coffee, and this was some great coffee. Pay was good, coworker very congenial and of course, there's no happier place for grown-ups than a coffee stand offering free coffee! Talked to a lot of interesting people over sample-sized cups of coffee.
I did get off work in time to attend a Tennebrae service on Good Friday. It was very moving, and each year, I am moved to tears as the readings are recited rekindling the memory of the events that happened on that awful Friday night 2000 years ago. Sunday though -- wow! We had a great Sunday School lesson and the service was amazing. I remember thinking to myself how my life is in a season of Easter. I am beginning a new phase, a rebirth of sorts as I begin to live into who I am to become.
I have a much healthier attitude about food and eating. I've been to the gym several times and going for walks, as I am so grateful for the warmer, sunnier weather we've been having (prior to the Easter snow!). I'm not focusing on losing weight, but rather on enjoying the food I'm eating. It's so liberating to not feel guilty if I want a piece of cheesecake or other indulgence. Actually losing weight? Not sure, but that's not what I'm preoccupied with. I hope it will happen, but I will not be consumed by focusing on it.
The thought of an Easter season in my life just changes everything, don't you think? I am now pursuing a job that will also allow me time to write. My heart tells me to write. My passion is writing. More than that, I'm seeking a job that is meaningful to me. At this point, I want to do work that also nurtures my soul.
For now, I search and wait on God to show me the way. That in and of itself is reflective of the a "new me."
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