Lent

Yikes, Lent is just around the corner.  What to give up?  Why not give up something that will change you.  Elizabeth Leseur, a holy woman, said she would gives alms:  smiles cheerfulness and sweetness, at  the times that she felt irritable, and painful.  She was dying from cancer by the way.  She chose this almsgiving because she felt is would change her.  Whenever we go against our own self-will and felt desires, for the sake of discipline, we have the chance to become more like Christ.  You can give alms to the poor, and this is good.  It may change the economic situation of the poor, but it may not change you.  Lent is about changing me from the insides.  Eventually, this might contribute to changing the world from the outsides.  Who knows?  Anyway, I will enjoy my Lenten chocolate.  it will help to make me sweet.