I mentioned a little while ago my Lenten discipline of trying to become more content. So with a week of Lent under my belt I thought I'd reflect (I promise I won't do weekly updates on my Lenten discipline!)
It's been easier than I'd thought and it's been every bit as difficult. It's easy to be content when things are going well. For the first several days everything went swimmingly and I thought "You know, this contentment thing is pretty easy once you get into the swing of it".
Then came a bump in the road. Followed by a glitch or two. And contentment got shoved back.
I can not express how much I want that feeling of contentment, even if its roots are still shallow. I want it to help hold me together on those days when the anxiety gremlins and angst trolls and the succubus of material desire come slinking into my mind.
So I remind myself of what is good, of the gifts that are here. I remember the opportunities that are still open to me even when some are denied. By trying to keep thankfulness first and foremost in my mind I hope to drive out the bad things and leave room for contentment to dig a little deeper into my soul.
I'm trying.
We'll see.
Peace
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A Lenten Discipline?
I'm not sure this counts. Although I am giving something up for Lent (basically).
Well, actually I just happen to be giving it up at the same time as Lent so it really doesn't count that way.
You see on Friday, February 8 2008 I did something that I have not done in 30 years. And did it with some trepidation.
I shaved my upper lip.
No one has seen that lip since my junior year at college. No one. Not once. It has resided safely ensconced under a mustache for all these years.
And it's gone.
The mustache, not the lip.
It feels rather strange really. I get this sensation of a draft when I inhale through my nose. I keep going to play with the mustache and it's not there. I have to remind myself to shave there each morning!
We(meaning me and she who has the only relevant opinion)are giving it till Easter to decide if we like it. My daughter has already cast her vote (bring back the lip hair!). So we'll see.
As to my weight loss plans they hit a small bump. I dropped some weight, then gained some of it back during my birthday weekend. I'll dispatch those pounds again quickly.
In the first week I lost just over 10% of my total goal. Not bad. Let's see if we can keep it going.
Peace
Well, actually I just happen to be giving it up at the same time as Lent so it really doesn't count that way.
You see on Friday, February 8 2008 I did something that I have not done in 30 years. And did it with some trepidation.
I shaved my upper lip.
No one has seen that lip since my junior year at college. No one. Not once. It has resided safely ensconced under a mustache for all these years.
And it's gone.
The mustache, not the lip.
It feels rather strange really. I get this sensation of a draft when I inhale through my nose. I keep going to play with the mustache and it's not there. I have to remind myself to shave there each morning!
We(meaning me and she who has the only relevant opinion)are giving it till Easter to decide if we like it. My daughter has already cast her vote (bring back the lip hair!). So we'll see.
As to my weight loss plans they hit a small bump. I dropped some weight, then gained some of it back during my birthday weekend. I'll dispatch those pounds again quickly.
In the first week I lost just over 10% of my total goal. Not bad. Let's see if we can keep it going.
Peace
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