Seventeen Weeks, Five Days. Day 125 in the quest to meet our little miracle George
Happy Easter! I love easter, i love chocolate, and i just love that we get 4 days off, without digging into our holiday pay…
But the thing i am not too sure about, the thing that kinda makes me a little sad, is that, not many people really celebrate or understand the reason for this awesome holiday.
Now i am no preacher, and i truly believe with all my heart that everyone has the right to believe what they choose to believe, but if find it hard because it seems that even some of the people dearest to me dont even recognize the reason behind the holiday.
On friday i asked my step son the reason why we have a holiday, or the reason why on friday we wern’t eating meat, he said “I dont know” I asked him this morning the reason why we eat chocolate on sunday and he said “because it is easter” “but what is easter?” “i dont know”
What are these children learning? And who taught us the reason behind it all? And i am not talking about converting children, i am not talking about pressing my beliefs onto my step son, i am simply talking about KNOWing the meaning behind the holiday.
99% of kids and adults know the meaning of christmas, the reason behind the holiday, so why dont we know the reason behind the eggs and chocolate and the rabbit (actually i dont even know the meaning of the rabbit!)?
I HONESTLY dont think that making people believe what you believe is right, i think that you can present your opinion and what you know to be true and then everyone has the right to believe what they want to believe. But if we are all taking the holiday, if we are all having four days off, just like christmas has its public holidays, shouldnt we know the reason, shouldnt we tell our children the reason behind the eggs and let them decide if they believe or not? Shouldnt they be informed, shouldnt our children grow up knowing why? Or should we wait for the world to grow up and simply forget, simply go on believing that easter is just about four days off and chocolate?
Just saying…
I hope everyone has a very happy easter break, and eats lots of chocolates and hot cross buns!
Because in the end no matter what your religion is, no matter what you choose to believe, I know in my heart that i am eating chocolate this morning, and i am enjoying four days off, because i believe that Jesus died for our sins.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them Louisa May Alcott
