A preface about Lent: People “give up” things during lent: Pizza, beer, lobster, whatever. But does it move us closer to God, Closer to one another, to ourselves? Maybe what we should work on at Lent Is CHANGING ATTITUDES. Leaving behind frustrations, fears, Cultural attitudes Which box in others. TO GIVE UP NEGATIVE, DEFEATIST ATTITUDES To see temporary setbacks as permanent To escalate disappointment into catastrophe To experience problems as insurmountable. To try to see other possibilities When things don’t go as we had hoped or planned. Sometimes I set myself up to feel like a failure Or to feel … Read More