Spring holidays are upon us! Recurring holidays root our souls to a soothing rhythm with a repetitive beat. But there is also a quickened sense of anxiety that we haven’t prepared, haven’t anticipated this annual event as we feel we should. Most women, and men too, have spent our yearly holiday energies on Thanksgiving and Christmas with a little left over for birthdays and maybe our anniversary. Maybe. So the arrival of Lent, next week on March 1, finds us thinking of many other things besides this annual season of preparation. This inauguration of self-denial and repentance feels a little bewildering.
Why Lent?
Why Lent?
Why Lent?
Spring holidays are upon us! Recurring holidays root our souls to a soothing rhythm with a repetitive beat. But there is also a quickened sense of anxiety that we haven’t prepared, haven’t anticipated this annual event as we feel we should. Most women, and men too, have spent our yearly holiday energies on Thanksgiving and Christmas with a little left over for birthdays and maybe our anniversary. Maybe. So the arrival of Lent, next week on March 1, finds us thinking of many other things besides this annual season of preparation. This inauguration of self-denial and repentance feels a little bewildering.