If yesterday was Good Friday...

...does that make today "Somewhat Satisfactory Saturday"?

Tomorrow is Easter - a day for parading around New York City in stylish chapeaus; searching for colored eggs in yards and parks all across America; grazing on roasted lamb, honey-glazed hams and scalloped potatoes 'til you need to unbutton your trousers (almost like a Thanksgiving-lite sort of thing); a day for reflecting on new beginnings and the one person who sacrificed and suffered for everyone. I guess that last one is more for the grown-up people in the audience than anyone else, although children do seem to get the concept far easier than we do.

Tomorrow is the day for another chance.

New possibilities.

A Christian do-over.

And - if the world were a little more perfect - tomorrow would see the beginning of a humankind 'do-over.' Wouldn't that be the coolest thing - people exercising no restraint in the acts-of-kindness department, and practicing extreme self-control in the need to 'stick-it' to somebody/anybody/everybody else?

• More love, less loathing.
• More tolerance, less judging.
• More acceptance, less condemnation.
• More sharing, less greed.
• More mentoring, less every-man-for-themselves.
• More team work, less backstabbing.
• Less restrictions, more helping hand-ups (not hand-outs).
• Less violence.
• Less fear.
• Less anger.
• Less blaming.
• More accountability.
• More village mentality.
• More fellowship.
• More healing.
• More peace.

Can we get there? Are we capable as a species? I don't know any more...I just don't know. I'd like to think so, but as I read the news online and in the press, and watch the horrible things happening around the world, it's hard to see where anyone would want to jump on the bandwagon and begin. Everyone seems more likely to say: "I'll drop my fist when that guy takes a step back," or, "I'll lower my gun after they put theirs down first," and this extends itself to all corners of the globe, in every aspect of daily lives - whether on the battlefield or in the supermarket parking lot. Boardrooms to gradeschool classrooms. Across all financial levels, from no income to the very well off.

If you would think of the earth as a ship sailing in a vast sea, please try to remember we are all in the same boat.

Don't pee in the pool, don't neglect to wash your hands, don't forget to smile and say hello to the next guy, cover your nose/mouth when you cough and sneeze, and don't forget to thank God every day.

We don't have to wait for Good Friday to practice being good.