This is harder than I thought!
Well, for all of you that did not realize it, I am Catholic. Therefore, today is the beginning of Lent and here we go again! Here we go as far as giving up something for 40 days to sacrifice something for God. And don't get me wrong. I have no problem with doing so because of all He has done for us. It is the LEAST we can do. So, I sat and pondered for a while on what I would give up this year. I mean, I think that whatever is given up should be something that will essentially make you an even better person and really show sacrifice. So, that's when I came upon on one my dilemmas--CURSING! I curse entirely too much. But what's so weird is that I do it a lot when I'm around a certain group of people. I do not curse around my mother (only when I'm telling a story) nor do I curse in front of my aunts, uncles, grandmother, father, etc. I find that disrespectful so never have and never will. However, when I get around my friends, I TURN INTO A SAILOR! I just curse and curse and curse more and I HATE THAT!
So, I figured I would give up cursing since it is something that I NEED to give up, especially considering the fact that I want to be a doctor. I mean, I don't want to run away my patients, right?!? So, it has not been a little more than 10 hours of the beginning of Lent and this is hard as could be! I am at school and being around my friends, I have already said some vulgar word like 3 times! I am so used to doing so and this will be a lot harder than I expected. I want this to lead into me just to stop cursing altogether. I think it is a horrible habit and is not very nice period. I have to give myself some credit though. At least I was conscious enough to NOTICE that I cursed. I say it so passively now that it shocks me that I caught myself as I was doing so. This will be a LONG 40 days and 40 nights. Hopefully the Lord will give me the strength to prevail! Until next time . . .
So, I figured I would give up cursing since it is something that I NEED to give up, especially considering the fact that I want to be a doctor. I mean, I don't want to run away my patients, right?!? So, it has not been a little more than 10 hours of the beginning of Lent and this is hard as could be! I am at school and being around my friends, I have already said some vulgar word like 3 times! I am so used to doing so and this will be a lot harder than I expected. I want this to lead into me just to stop cursing altogether. I think it is a horrible habit and is not very nice period. I have to give myself some credit though. At least I was conscious enough to NOTICE that I cursed. I say it so passively now that it shocks me that I caught myself as I was doing so. This will be a LONG 40 days and 40 nights. Hopefully the Lord will give me the strength to prevail! Until next time . . .