4/5 - A Gentle Invitation to Celebrate: An Easter Reflection
A Gentle Invitation to Celebrate: An Easter Reflection Easter has a way of arriving like a breath of fresh air. And we look forward to the day as a day of starting fresh. Whether you celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ or you hide Easter eggs for the kids, Easter is the holiday that seems to usher in the Spring season. After the heaviness of winter—long days, gray skies, rain or snow, and the general weariness that can quietly build—this Spring season brings something lighter with it. More sunlight. Softer mornings. Hints of color returning to the world around us. There’s just something that feels…more hopeful. And with that comes an invitation we don’t always give ourselves permission to accept: the invitation to celebrate. Not because everything is perfect. Not because life suddenly feels easy. But because there is still goodness worth noticing and appreciating. Celebration, in a therapeutic sense, isn’t about ignoring what’s hard. I...
