Like a Second Chance

Whether you are a very religious person or not, I think Easter should be a time for change, remembrance, hope- all those feelings and thoughts we tend to pack away and not give enough attention to in day-to-day life.
Of course it's easy for me to say that right now, when the sun is streaming in the window, the birds are chirping outside, and my stomach is pleasantly chocolatey (yes, already - oops!), and I realise that the world can't always seem as lovely as it does right now.

But please today, however you are feeling,  if you just do one thing - whether you're in with Easter for the faith or just the tasty goodies - please be thankful.
Be thankful for those people around you who are happy to see you, and you them. For the weather outside which keeps everything alive and the flowers blooming.

Go for a walk and appreciate the lambs skipping in the fields or the daffodils by the side of the road. Be thankful for your body which can allow you to do things like walk and see and smell (even if it maybe does enjoy those sugary treats a bit much!) and for your mind too, which is able to imagine and take in such great and beautiful things.

Bake a cake...

Lie in the sun...

Read a poem... 
perhaps starting with this one, which is my Mum's all time favourite, and understandably so!

("I wandered lonely as a cloud" by William Wordsworth)

Most of all?
Put on those springtime rose-tinted glasses and enjoy life for what it is...

No matter how you woke up this Easter morning, make this like a second chance, in every sense of the term. Smile, laugh, be grateful.
I hope everybody has a truly wonderful day!

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