Does winter seem to drag on with its uncomfortable chill and darker days? No matter how long the winter may seem, spring is just around the corner and the days will become longer and brighter.

With Spring’s unique energy you are offered the opportunity to renew parts of yourself that are hungry for growth.

Here are some ideas to let go of the old and make room for the new:

Get some fresh air and sunshine. Consider going for a stroll at a plant nursery and soak in all of the color and scents the flowers have to offer. Visit a farmers market and taste the freshest fruit the season as to offer. Begin to eat your meals outside again and appreciate the sound of a light breeze through your garden.

Celebrate with a family gathering. What a great time to call the grandkids and invite them over for a backyard party; bubbles and all.

Invest in a bird feeder for bird watching. Bird watching is fun for all ages and can be very educational. You’ll be amazed at the family discussions, research and excitement coming with seeing a new bird at your feeder.

Plant an herb garden. A modest herb garden provides not only gardening fun, but also healthy and tasty ingredients for your favorite dishes.

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” – M. Scott Peck

I encourage you see the hints of Spring all around you and renew the parts of yourself that are hungry for growth!

Age With High Esteem

Spring just rang our bell!

“Hello” we said: “Well, well,

We’re ready to grow flowers

And bloom, like them, in bowers.

We hope you’ve brought the sun

To start our sap to run,

And learn to shake our feet

And spread our wings and Tweet!

You’ve come to help us dream

And age with High Esteem!”

 Written by Alexandra Taylor † for AgeEsteem®

Spring is a time of rebirth and new beginnings.

Spring offers us a message of renewal.  It is the time of year when ice melts and trees and flowers begin to bud with the promise of glorious blooms in the Northern Hemisphere.

This is also an ideal time for each of us to review our own areas for renewal and ask some powerful questions regarding our life.

Offer yourself time to review and renew by asking yourself the following questions.

• What desires and dreams have you been incubating during these fallow months of winter?
• Which of these do you want to nourish and grow?
• How can you help your dreams bloom into their full reality?

It is never too late to start something new.  No matter what your age. – Now is the time!

Bonnie Fatio

Do the sunshine and colors of Spring put a spring into your step?

Do you sometimes feel joy well up within you when you see the first  buds bursting on the trees, smell the odors of Spring or hear the birds chirping happily?   I do.  In fact I have caught myself  singing or  laughing out loud from the pure happiness of rediscovering Spring in the air.  It is as though the world is coming back to life after the dreary days of Winter and all God’s creatures share the pleasure.

Spring into Spring with enthusiasm and joy.  Both are there for the taking – and are free.  Simply meet nature head on.

• Walk among the trees.
• Listen to the chorus of birds.
• Take a handful of earth and feel it between your fingers.
• Savor the smells of flowers and buds.
• Plant seeds and bulbs for your own garden or window boxes.

Nourish your soul and age esteem with the joy of the season.  Spring into Spring!

Bonnie Fatio