Thursday, February 21, 2013

The luxury of giving up

It's Lent. I love Lent! It's like new year's resolution but with a purpose. It's a time of reflection and change. And it's only 40 days -ha! I am not giving up anything this year. I just want to be more mindful of others and others' needs. And that begins by realizing the luxury of what we have here. We can give up so many things: Starbucks, Facebook, sugar, eating out, meat, reality TV, etc. This season let's just pause and think of all that we have. Let's do this not to feel guilty but to increase our compassion and awareness of all that we could give up for others.

Happy Lent!