It's Easter! In many parts of Australia, that means crisp autumn mornings, the smell of oven-warmed hot cross buns, brightly wrapped chocolate eggs, a well-earned rest from work and time to visit a favourite camping spot.
While this is often what people think the holiday period is all about, there is a deeper reason to celebrate Easter, and it’s good for your health.
Last year at Easter-time, I met a normally happy friend in the local supermarket. She looked down-in-the-dumps. When I asked her why, she said, “Oh, nothing really. I just get so depressed at this time of year. It’s sad – a good man dying on a cross!”
I gave her a hug, and reminded her that the Easter story is not all doom-and-gloom. It does have a happy ending – one that has encouraged and inspired many people to go on and live a long and active life.
The word Easter is akin to the Latin word aurora, which means dawn. It’s a reminder of a new beginning – a starting afresh, a renewal in thinking. The dawn of each new day is cause for celebration – a looking forward, an anticipation of good things ahead. There is no death-induced end to the dawning of helpful, positive ideas or expectations of living a happy, health-filled life.
As the sun comes up every morning, so our thoughts and actions can be invigorated, refreshed, and uplifted on a daily basis. This can lead to a greater sense of happiness and wellbeing.
Here's how you can help get the most out of what Easter means.
- Celebrate Easter’s powerful message of hope in the continuity of good health and a fulfilling life. Be encouraged, inspired, and optimistic each morning.
- Liberate your thinking. Fill it with gladness, not sadness, all year round. Be grateful for the good things you have - such as loving people in your life.
- Warm to this promise. “…the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.” – that is, you will be joyful, energetic, full of health (The Bible, Malachi 4:2.).
- Allow the rays of Truth’s sunlight to invigorate your thinking and raise you out of unhappiness and ill health. Rise to a higher, brighter, state of mind, and in so doing find your life improving.
- Embrace the dawning light that crowned one remarkable man’s triumphant victory over cross and grave, and whose legacy of healing shows the way to a purpose-filled, healthy life.
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