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Show longer and leave a bit of sunshine along our way, Our own hearts will be stronger and soon someone will be singing. Spring brings us Glorious Easter with it's Golden Promise Pro-mise of life anew. "Christ is Risen." The moring breaks and in flows a new day of lovliness. All earth awakens with new hopes and sweet humility. The land is shinning with purple hues, Gold and green, pink and blue. A new Spring, A new Day, A new You. "Oh sing to the Lord a If at times the shadows darken, If at times (lie days are drear, It will help to cheer and hearten, Just to know the sun is near. That the brightest light thats shinning, Lies behind the darkest night That behind the darkest sorrow, Gleams the Resurrection Light, (poem by J. Mc-Dowall) Springtime By Margery Mackerell The calender said that March 20 was the first day of Spring. Today I saw my first robin of the season. Robins are messengers of good tidings. Never kill a robin. What is Spring A frog in a bog, A chickadee? chick-adee? When it's Spring -up come the snowdrops, like a string of lights, Up blow the March winds and up fly kites. - So says the poets. E.Lande-weer. E.Lande-weer. But Spring is much more. It is the time of newness, of beginning again. Emerging Emerg-ing from an old world into a new world, with opportunities opportuni-ties to do better in every way. If we can break from memories that give us worry and anxiety and let the past bury the past, the new day, the new Spring brings us a new freedom, a new joy. Let us face each dawn with a smile and a happy heart. With Spring comes the music mu-sic of rippling streams from the melting snows, another chance to behold the beauty that is all around us which God has created for our happiness. If we stop, look and listen and take time to remember that the mountains, moun-tains, the valley, the desert, the lakes and streams, the buds that open to the light, the trees and flowers, the fields and meadows, cattle on the hills and plain, each and all are wonderous gifts from God. No matter who we are or where we go, we will find evidence of His love and beauty. With all tilings new and beautiful, should not our thoughts and actions take on a new perspective. It need only be the simple, gentle and kindly things that cost so little and mean so much. A neighbors smile and cheery "Good Morning." often makes our day worthwhile. worth-while. If we make our greetings greet-ings a little warmer, someone's some-one's life a bit brighter with a handclasp a bit tighter, --If --If we can take more time for little children, Let our words be a bit kinder, stretch our minutes a bit |