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Cheaters never prosper?
03/05/2007 09:52:38 / other
Who said cheaters never prosper, anyway?
It definitely wasn't me, because I think a little cheating here and there is good for both sanity and blood iron levels.
For those of you just joining me: I have given up all meat and seafood for the 40-plus days of Lent. I'm not doing it because I"m Catholic, (I'm not). I'm doing it because I'm curious to know whether fasting in this way really can make you more spiritual.
So far, my tendency is to say yes --- it makesyou more spiritually aware that you want to hunt, cook and eat woodland creatures. It makes the smell or roasting rotisserie chickens intoxicating. And it makes our dependence on meat painfully obvious. Less than a century ago, it used to be that meat was a luxury item; nowdays, it's seen as a staple.
Even my health-food eating, gym-going self is not immune, apparently. Why? Because I gave in, sold out and knuckled under. I cheated.
Now, the Catholics were wise about this whole fasting business, because they included some legal cheating.The rules are as follows: You fast on Fridays and forgo meat; but you can indulge on Sundays, because those are days of celebration and rejoicing. Jesus was resurrected on a Sunday.
Thus, I cheated on a Sunday.
Thank goodness for Sundays, because a little shrimp, a little fish, and a bowl of turkey chili made that meatless week and a half worth it ... and keeps me working toward more reflections.
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