What I learned about Death from the story of Jesus

This Easter I went back to my roots.

You see, I grew up in a United Church, going to service most Sundays with my parents.

At Easter, I'd usually have on a new dress and shoes, usually pastel colours.

Together in community, we'd sing hymns from the pews, and then the kids would talk about Jesus' resurrection in Sunday School.

(More to this story another time, but for now, these are happy memories for me).

This year, I was invited to sing with the choir at the Runnymede United Church in Toronto for Easter, which I gladly accepted (did you know I've sung soprano in choirs for most of my life? :) 

As I sat in church today, listening to the message from the minister about unity, acceptance, and unconditional love, I am struck by how beautiful the essence of Jesus' message was: 

Get over yourself, give everything you can, and don't be afraid.

This is the path to enlightenment.

You don't have to be Christian to get something positive on a day like Easter; you can simply gain the energy from the collective, when millions of people are focused on a high-vibe guy like Jesus, by setting your intention to raise higher, too.

Jesus was raised… he overcame death, so the story goes.

What I take from his story is that there's really no reason to fear death.

We are all part of the whole, and we will all have an opportunity to cross over when our time comes. 

Will you leave a legacy of love? Of forgiveness? Of compassion?

Like the expression, “rise to the occasion” and let your life be the occasion… raise consciousness within and without… and leave things better than you found them, here on the planet… love really wins. 

On Easter, I'll take a page from Jesus' book and choose to look at death as a teacher…

To help me connect to what I value, and to whom I love. 

And above all, to unconditionally love myself so I be full, and give as much as I can to others.

I hope you have a beautiful day.

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