my secret lent

today is one of the days of this Lenten season.
if you don't know what lent is, its the season where we prepare ourselves for the Lords death and resurrection.

notable things about lent that Catholics do, every friday we don't eat meat. and during lent we are suppose to give up something we love. like a sacrifice.

but as my priest explained, it's not just about giving up something we like. there's a reason to that! we don't giving up simply to sacrifice. but we suppose to give it up so that we can become closer. spend more time. concentrate on God. I think generally younger generations just give up for the sake of Lent but don't really know why we give up. it's like, "oh, i'll give up computer games. so instead i'll kill that time i used to play computers games by watching tv." If it's like that. then maybe we haven't really observed it properly.

I myself am tryin to give up something for Lent. not just Lent but for life. i'm shy to mention. but i think almost every guy has done this before. ahem

even though modern day society says it's okay to do it. and it's healthy, prevents cancer or something. It's still a sin. and it separates me from God. Every Lent i've tried but failed miserably, but this time i think there's a difference :) tommorow i'll be a week clean! although i haven't been clean the whole of lent :(
But i think it'll be good. cos the less i sin, the more closer i can get to God :)

so with that in mind. well for next Lent, or the remainder of Lent. do something about it!