Making the most of Easter season

This time, we are talking happiness. Since this is Holy Saturday, it is time to take the love to those around us. Some of us have been so busy since January, chasing our resolutions that we have forgotten what it means to sit down with friends for a chat. And how time can fly! Before you know it, friends are having milestones in their lives that you do not even know anything about.

If you are lucky to have friends who actually care about you, then you will find them ready to receive you back. I have a very good friend who has been going through some rough time.

He is more than a friend, he is a confidant. There is nothing that I do not tell him, but we last really spoke six months ago. We both live in the same area, but we return home late.
Over the weekends, we have different programmes. It got to a point where I began dodging his calls.

And then, it dawned on me that this is a friend I do not want to lose. When we met, I was going through hell, and he could have walked away and not gotten involved. But, he stayed, dug beneath the dirt, and saw the real me.

Never underestimate people who stick by you in your bad times. They are not fools; they just love you more than you can allow yourself to see. Anyway, it is time to rekindle the relationship – give it more fire. We have so much to catch up on.

So, we are planning that I cook the Easter meal at my home and carry it to his home. This is a distance of more than five miles. After lunch we will each test our intellectual prowess against each other. We both love to show off how much we have read and know. Strangely, we do not love outings. Indeed birds of the same feather flock together.
This is also the time when we should show some love to the unfortunate ones around us. With all these orphanages around us, many people are planning Easter lunches with them. Just attach yourself to one and take along whatever you can – scholastic materials, clothes, and shoes.

The principle of giving is that when you let go of something, you create more space in your life to receive. So just give. It might not change much about your life but it will make a whole difference in the lives of those little children.

Alternatively, after Sunday service, invite a few people back home with you and cook for them. Or invite them over for afternoon high tea on Monday. Just be open to happiness and laughter this season.