Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season. In this 40-day period that precedes Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, Christians are asked to contemplate his life and sacrifice, and practice self-sacrifice and compassion for others. In short, Lent is a time for prayer, fasting and good works.
What most non-Catholics know about Lent comes down to we eat fish on Fridays and we give stuff up. In simple terms, that does about sum it up. The purpose of abstaining from meat on Fridays is to help bring the faithful to a higher spiritual level by not concentrating on the material things of this world, but on the spiritual.
You all know that I've been pondering what to give up for Lent since all of the usual suspects are already gone thanks to my new healthy lifestyle. I've decided that in addition to giving up meat on Fridays, I will add meatless Mondays to my week as well. My good work will be to give blood.
Ok... now that this is out of the way I feel better. Finally!
This week is proving to be temptation heavy at work. Yesterday, there was birthday cake in the breakroom. Today, I was forced to endure Cinnamon Buns. Really? (Sorry about the quality of the pic. I took it with my cell phone.)I seriously contemplated eating it on more than one occasion. But, I didn't. It was hard. Some days are just like that. Somebody is bound to bring a big ole pan of bacon to the office tomorrow just to torment me.
Tomorrow will mark three consecutive days of working out in the morning. I HATE getting up to do it. But, I ALWAYS feel better after. It is true that I have more energy throughout the day. And, I'm especially happy about it when I realize driving home from work that it's done and out of the way. One of my friends swears that eventually I'll turn into a morning person. I don't see it. But, she can dream.
Cheers!
Margaret
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