Lent

Was thinking today about maybe giving up meat for Lent... seems like something that I tend to rely on / take for granted quite a lot. Hmm...

Used to be quite skeptical of the whole "giving up stuff for Lent" thing - was of the opinion that it was about where your heart was, and that giving stuff up didn't matter as long as you "took up" God... but then the realisation came on me that actually it's a spiritual discipline, and so the symbolic, physical process of giving something up as part of "turning towards God" for Lent is actually quite cool.

Plus, I think that going veggie is actually a historic, sustainable way of fasting?