Even if you don't follow the religious holidays, you have to recognize that the concept of giving up something for Lent is both humbling and a challenge. It is difficult to admit that there is an earthly thing as plebian as, say, eating chocolate or dropping laundry on the floor that becomes unexplainedly hard for us to give up. You would think we, as the most evolved species on the planet, could successfully give up anything we set our minds to! Not so. Yet, part of the beauty of the Lenten season is to come to terms with our own mortality and "human-ness", and to try again. So before you give up something mundane, just because you don't believe you have the staying power to do something more difficult, think again. I am really putting some thought to what I can do to show my faith in a new beginning....and I'd love to hear what your plans are!
