My Easter LIly is Blooming

Every Easter, my sweetie brings home a lily from his church. Every May, i plant the dead brown plant in my white garden. And now, 2 Easter lilies have resurrected themselves near my front door. Joy!

In our meditation practice, we keep planting ourselves on the cushion (or chair). Sometimes our practice feels old and dry. We have to be creative to infuse our practice with a new fragrance.

And then, it blooms.

Aging Easter Lily

My sweetie is a church organist. Last Sunday, he forgot to pick up his Easter lily, so by the time he got it, it was the runt of the litter--bent over like an old woman, with two brown buds and a couple of hopeful-looking ones. He propped it up, using chopsticks as a crutch, and set Lily in a sunny window, hoping that would straighten her up a bit.

The message of Easter is suffering, death, and resurrection. My sweetie was dismayed to receive a rather ugly Easter lily with two dead buds. He is treating it compassionately, helping Lily in her old age.

Next week, i will bury her in the ground to wait for next summer's resurrection.