In my house growing up, we would have pancakes for supper and make our lent sacrifices known. I'm not sure if the Husband will allow Pancakes for supper...(not if he's cooking), but I will make my annual lent announcement.
After a lot of thought. I have decided to give up 2 things.
- Snack foods from the mall. It's way too easy to grab popcorn or ice cream or candy from any of the retailers. I can grab it and then eat it at my desk.
- Fancy Caffinated drinks. This includes Starbucks and Timothy's and Tim Hortons, and any other chain or coffee retailer that I might encounter in the next 40 days and 40 nights. Only exception: I am allowing myself tea.
That's right, I'm giving up Starbucks for Lent! I hope that the people who work there will give me a triple shot after Easter for the enormus effort this will take. One year, I gave up Chocolate, and did really well. For a celebration afterward, I was treated to the Saskatoon Inn's chocolate buffet. Nice! And the funny thing is, I didn't want to gorge on the chocolate. I savoured it, I enjoyed it. I didn't eat what I would have before Lent.
I realized that that is part of the sacrifice. You learn to appreciate the items that you use and abuse. So now, instead of looking towards Lent as a time to give something up, I see it as a chance to learn to appreciate something new.
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I gave up chocolate one year and coffee for another. It was difficult at first but after a while it wasn't so bad. Best wishes with lent.
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