Here we GO!

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, and that means it's Lent again! I'm strangely excited about this. Last year I vowed to do a daily reflection instead of giving something up. I think I managed about 7 reflections in those 40 days. Not exactly a banner year, but I think my heart was in the right place. Be forewarned that if you tell me you're giving X-Y-Z up for Lent, I'm going to fire back at you "And how is that helping you on your spiritual journey?" Amy gave a most excellent reply saying that giving up Facebook would help tame her desire to be a part of gossip. Gold star.

Anyway, I haven't decided what I'm going to do, although the thing that is most heavily weighing on my mind would be a significant financial sacrifice of some sort. And man oh man, I REALLY don't want to do that. I have lots of plans for my money. And that's probably why I SHOULD do it. However, I don't exactly have money that's *mine*, and so any sort of meaningful charitable giving would need be to accepted by not-Catholic-so-not-celebrating-Lent-Mr.-Shea. Which means that not only do I have to mentally commit to it, but then I have to seriously sell it to someone else who is a bit less altruistic. Seems daunting.

So aside from that, I've ordered the book Radical Grace, which is a bunch of daily reflections. I'm going to put it next to my bed and hopefully read a bit each night. I have a pretty hard time shutting my brain off to go to sleep, so at least this way I'll be thinking more philosophically.

Any of you loyal readers want to share your Lenten path? Elaine said something about writing a letter each day to someone who has impacted her life in a good way. I like that idea too!

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