The Easter message is that we strive after the wrong things. We should desire to be rich, not in gold coffers, but in that which enables the human spirit to fly – love of family, enjoyment of beauty, fulfilment in service, restoring what is broken, giving hospitable space for that which is not self. In striving for all the wrong things, why are we so surprised that various forms of mental illness and feelings of isolation (darkness) are the hallmarks of life in a consumer driven world that is full of things, but void of meaningful life.

— George Browning. Full article here.