For you Christians, it’s Easter Sunday. For you Jewish folk, it’s a day or two after Passover. For Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists and atheists and agnostics and whatever — well, it’s a nice Spring day here in the Northern Hemisphere. And that’s still a sacred thing.

I was brought up as a Roman Catholic, so I suppose that qualifies me as a Christian (although some Christians here in the USA might not agree with that!). Despite the fact that I’m not tied to the myths and dogmas of any one religion anymore, I still feel the tidal surge upon the spirit that an important Christian holiday causes. But I’m going to celebrate it in a Buddhist manner, by recalling a lesson the Buddha gave to his followers by just holding a flower up in front of them. I just went outside with my cheap-o digital camera and took a snapshot of a flowering plant in front of the house. In the spirit of that Buddhist lesson, let me share the picture here with you, and say no more.