Lent

[snapdragen]

Oh good, that means I get to listen to the lady next to me tell me, every day, how she gave up sugar for Lent. And remind me of it daily if I should have something sweet. Or if someone else has something sweet. Or if the thought just crosses her mind.....

[kat_h]

Oh good, that means I get to listen to the lady next to me tell me, every day, how she gave up sugar for Lent. And remind me of it daily if I should have something sweet. Or if someone else has something sweet. Or if the thought just crosses her mind.....

Bake a cake for her.

[jobob]

You can offer to take her Valentine's chocolates for her. Lead her not into temptation & all that jazz.

[tulip]

Velobambina, I like your strategy for doing something positive every day. Lent is so focused on the negative (literally--NOT doing something, giving something up), but I prefer the positive action focus.

Mind if I copy you?

Giving up sugar for Lent is SOOOOO, I don't know, 9th century? Okay, that's a stretch, since there probably wasn't alot of sugar in Christendom in the 9th century. But really, give up something that matters to the world! Or do something extra that matters to the world. The world around you or the world at large. No cake? What good does that do?

(yeah, yeah, yeah, it's supposed to be an inner spiritual thing, but I don't buy that the best way to get closer to the spiritual world is to give up cake).

[Zen]

Yeah, give up sugar for Lent.
Save those calories for the Easter Bunny.

[Veronica]

I always figured you were supposed to give up something you really cared about, so you could really understand suffering. But I'm not Catholic, so maybe I have that wrong.

I like the idea of doing something nice. The world needs more kindness.

Maybe we should have a daily kindness thread. That could make for some interesting reading. Does it count as a kindness if I don't tell the student who is totally driving me insane to get out of my face? Probably not.

V.

[MomOnBike]

Like so much else, Lent is what you make of it.

I've used Lent as an excuse to diet. Someone in the office offers a donut and you say, "No thanks, it's Lent." They back off, and the calories are foregone. I lost 10 lbs that Lent... (That place was infested with donuts)

I was taught that the best Lenten discipline is something that means something to you, and is difficult to accomplish. One year I gave up a certain thought pattern - now that was tough, I shoulda given up chocolate, instead.

Oh, and you don't have to give up something, you can add something - like 10 extra pushups every morning.

I'm not saying what I'm doing for Lent this year, but it will be a stretch for me.

[Fredwina]

Like MomOnBike, I use lent to do positive things. and the AC(Anglican Communion ) emphasizes discipline instead of scarifice.
That being said, I'm going to give soda. even thought I do diet, I still drink too much of it.
I'm also going to try and ride my bike every day.
Snapdragen , your neighbor reminded me of this I always the trick to live to be like a swan: glide gracefully across the surface, but paddle like mad under the surface

[Running Mommy]

[QUOTE=Veronica;284319]I always figured you were supposed to give up something you really cared about, so you could really understand suffering. But I'm not Catholic, so maybe I have that wrong.

HA! As a kid giving up sugar WAS something important!
I remember giving up bubble gum one year. The easter bunny brought me a basket full. heh heh heh

[Trek420]

You can offer to take her Valentine's chocolates for her. Lead her not into temptation & all that jazz.

I like this! You'd be doing a good deed so you're covered for Lent too. "For 40 days I will protect the chocolate of those observing Lent"

Ohhhh, I'm going straight to h*ll for this I'm sure.