so this year for lent, i decided i'd give up rice for lent. now for those of you that know me well, i love me some rice!! i eat it at practically every meal (but can you find a filipino who doesn't?). i've tried giving up rice for lent before but failed miserably. i think i only lasted about 2 weeks, or maybe not even that long (thats what she said......) so this year, i'm determined to go the whole 40 days without eating a single grain of rice.
lent isn't just about giving something up. i also think that its a great time for us to really think about how we can make ourselves better people. i was at the ash wednesday mass last night, and the priest made a good point on the symbolism of the ashes on your forehead. he basically said that it represented our faults and failures as a person....and it would ultimately be up to us to make ourselves better. so i think i'm also going to use this time to figure out what i can do to make myself a better person, and to find out what i can do to be a better person/friend/brother/husband to everyone around me. here we go.....
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