{"id":309,"date":"2023-02-22T15:05:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/practicalspiritualresiliency.org\/?p=309"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:09:42","slug":"giving-up-selflessness-and-sugar-for-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/practicalspiritualresiliency.org\/?p=309","title":{"rendered":"Giving Up Selflessness (and Sugar) for Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Although I am not a Christian, I have been drawn to the spiritual practice of Lent for many years and usually do “give something up” each year for Lent. I was first introduced to this practice in a casual way by my father-in-law, a lapsed Catholic, who would still give something up each year (usually alcohol). I have given up sugar and alcohol most years for Lent, and then in the last few years I’ve added in more spiritual practices like a daily devotional reading so that I wasn’t just treating Lent like a diet or a habit re-set (which it is almost a perfect length to be – 40 days is long enough to break some bad habits and start some good ones). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this year I’m ready to go a bit deeper in my own practice. I’ll still be giving up sugar, simply because I always end up feeling healthier and better physically when I avoid sugar and now seems like a good time to remind myself of that. And I’ll still be doing daily devotionals and spiritual practices, but that has just become part of my year-round life now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So my challenge this year is to “give up selflessness”. For these 40 days of Lent I want to give up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

putting off my own self-care until last<\/p>\n\n\n\n

treating myself differently than I would treat others<\/p>\n\n\n\n

holding myself accountable to standards I wouldn’t apply to others<\/p>\n\n\n\n

making myself a martyr (of any type)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

giving so much that I hurt myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And more, I’ll probably discover as I go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ll be sharing a few things as I go, and you can follow me on Facebook (Rev Sara Lewis) or Instagram (spiritualcarerevsara) if this journey is one you are interested in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although I am not a Christian, I have been drawn to the spiritual practice of Lent for many years and usually do “give something up” each year for Lent. I was first introduced to this practice in a casual way by my father-in-law, a lapsed Catholic, who would still give something up each year (usually … <\/p>\n

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