Week #135 – TO LIFE!  (What are you looking forward to this Spring?)

Happy holiday week to all!  (No matter what you are celebrating — it’s good to remember that new beginnings are non-denominational!)

Easter is a strange time for me — it’s the first time I remember Rob texting me to tell me that he wasn’t feeling well.  That he was going to see the doctor.  And it wasn’t too soon after that that he had the x-ray, and then was admitted to Sloan.

The dates are noted on my calendar…each one a stepping stone to the end that I know now.  In a little over four months, he’d be gone.

Some people tell me to forget those dates.  To live in the present.

I choose to keep them, as a reminder to LIVE.  Period.

Time passes quickly.  And I don’t know about you, but my calendar is already filling up with important dates in April, May, June, and July.  Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, proms, graduations, class trips, Father’s Day, Fourth of July…

It’ll be Summer before we know it!

I wrote about this at the beginning of this year…it’s well-documented that planning ahead is directly related to happiness.  There’s less than 10 weeks left of Spring 2017.  Don’t let it pass you by!

Your Happyness Challenge for the week ahead:  While you have everyone together for Passover or Easter this week, why not get together and talk about all you are looking forward to this Spring?  What would you like to do (or get done) before summer vacations, breaks, activities, and visitors take over your calendar?  Finally — and most important — how are you going to CELEBRATE all that you’ve achieved and experienced so far this year?

“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.”  (Henry David Thoreau, Walden)

Happy Passover!  Happy Easter!  Happy New Beginnings to each and every one of you!!!

Spread Happyness — and make the most of Spring 2017!!!

4/14/17 by Grace Church
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