I am not very good with new year's resolutions but I tend to be faithful when I give up something for Lent. There are probably two reasons for that, first Lent is only 40 days long - I can keep a resolution for 40 days. Secondly, it feels like I'm making a deal with God and who wants to disappoint God?
I decided to give up "heavy sugar" for Lent this year. Things like cake, cookies, cupcakes, sweet rolls and candy are off the table until Easter. But so far I'm not suffering. A friend and I had dinner this evening at my favorite Thai restaurant "Spice & Herb" and instead of my usual Thai iced tea (which is yummy but definitely heavy sugar) I had hot ginger tea. This wasn't a huge sacrifice considering that it was 20 degrees outside and hot tasted so good. I had my favorite pork pad tai to eat - no heavy sugar there, so as I sat in the evening Ash Wednesday service I felt positively virtuous (at least food wise).
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