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Post your suggestions for having a better Lent here.  ;D

My suggestion of the moment:

If you have trouble fasting and can't do as much as you like that way, go the opposite way. Commit to eating a food or drinking a drink you do -not- like!

I have a few small cans of V-8 in the fridge that are haunting me as we speak. The horror.. is beyond words!  :o  :'(

I feel that horror whenever I pass them (V-8 bottles) in the store. But now V-8 has the vegetables mixed with fruit juice and I don't mind that so much. Baby steps, right? :D

Oh dear.. I feel like you've offered me a way out. .

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(I hope my horns aren't showing!)

I like interior mortifications like St. Therese.  Like St. Therese we can always smile and be kind to people we don't particularly like, even when it hurts.  As far as exterior mortification goes, we can refrain from everything and anything (and anyone) that detaches us from God.  In this is found true detachment.

For me, not defending myself when another (not a boss) falsely blames me for something is the hardest. Being nice to or smiling to someone who many don't is easier since I can feel compassion for their pain (even if it's unbeknown to them). Not getting human respect when I 'feel it is my due' is really hard! ::)

Yes, it is hard on us when we feel something is due to us and we don't receive whatever it is, but, as you know, resisting these feelings of needing or expecting our due (for human respect or whatever) brings great merit to our souls.

I'm having problems with my head, and I'm experimenting with foods a lot in connection with a doctor. So I found fasting to be beyond me this time around. Instead I am listening to sermons, doing more spiritual reading, and not having the radio on.

In fact I'm listening to this sermon at the moment.
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It mentions various saints, and encourages that we 'go slowly' in our spiritual development, not try for too much at first.

Welcome to the forums! :) Tell us about yourself in the introductions if you feel like it! We'd love to get to know you!

I know what you mean about fasting being beyond! At least more than a little I think! :)

I love the sermons there..

Why thank you! I should explain that by 'head' I really mean 'ears'. So please don't get the impression that I'm dippy, batty, crazy, or anything of the kind. Thanks.

Heheh, you might feel a little lonely here then. . .   :o ;)  :D Do your best!

Heheh.  ;D

Actually, I'm quite hard of hearing m'self.

Dippy, Batty and Crazy?  Oh, my!  Ouch!

Welcome back! It's good to see you here again!  :D

You KNOW I have to do my best to stand up for all the Dippy, Batty and Crazy! Just ignorance I'm sure.

I apologize for inadvertently insulting those who are crazy in any way. In fact I think we are all certifiable . . . sinners.  :D

And now I shall abstain from mentioning any of my little problems. After all, they are really very little in the scheme of things. Just thinking about it drives me stark staring mad.  :o

 ;D

I do feel I'm going Dippy, Batty and Crazy when all my children decide to misbehave together! ;D My husband would just say a word and they would hush. I wish I had that magic.  :angelblue: