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What does it mean?
Simple seasonal longing for home.
In plain terms
Find joy in specific place and time.
What can you take from it?
Appreciate the now.

Where it applies

  • travel
  • homesickness
  • spring

Putting it to work

  • poetry
  • gratitude
  • travel

Questions to consider

  • Where do you feel most alive?
  • What marks your April?

Another view

Longing can distract from the present.

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