it's the season of lent yet again. as a practicing catholic and having studied in a catholic school, i should know all there is to know about it. nowadays, people give up something for lent. others give up on their favorite food for 40 days, no longer watching teleseryes etc. i haven't made that a habit and i don't intend to start now.
i have been giving up coke (i always mention this - you noticed?) and desserts, i try to practice random acts of kindness, try to pray the rosary daily etc. i figured i shouldn't have to do this for forty days only but for the rest of my life. you can't just be nice or kind and good for lent and revert to your old ways after. that's hypocritical, if you ask me.
i remember my cousin before was a tutor for a politician's son. the man was known as a notorious ladies man. he had so many girlfriends even if he had a beautiful wife. every lent, he would fast and eat only oatmeal and soup, i think. he would do that for the whole season. it didn't impress me. what's the point of sacrificing during lent and go back to your own bad self after? it seemed pointless.
i think that the world would be better off if every person would just be honest with himself. we are all sinners and everyday there is an opportunity and occasion to sin. at times, we avoid it but there are times that we don't. that applies for the whole year, not just for lent. so instead of giving up something for lent, you might as well try to change something about you forever. lent may be about sacrifice but the sacrificing should not have an expiration date. let it be for good.
i have been giving up coke (i always mention this - you noticed?) and desserts, i try to practice random acts of kindness, try to pray the rosary daily etc. i figured i shouldn't have to do this for forty days only but for the rest of my life. you can't just be nice or kind and good for lent and revert to your old ways after. that's hypocritical, if you ask me.
i remember my cousin before was a tutor for a politician's son. the man was known as a notorious ladies man. he had so many girlfriends even if he had a beautiful wife. every lent, he would fast and eat only oatmeal and soup, i think. he would do that for the whole season. it didn't impress me. what's the point of sacrificing during lent and go back to your own bad self after? it seemed pointless.
i think that the world would be better off if every person would just be honest with himself. we are all sinners and everyday there is an opportunity and occasion to sin. at times, we avoid it but there are times that we don't. that applies for the whole year, not just for lent. so instead of giving up something for lent, you might as well try to change something about you forever. lent may be about sacrifice but the sacrificing should not have an expiration date. let it be for good.
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