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Lent 2024

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22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23)

Today Christians enter the 40-day Lenten period and while it’s traditional to give up foods and vices during Lent today I woke up and prayed that God make me pure of heart and I committed to intentionally practicing The Fruits of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control . I know I won’t be perfect in the next 40 days but I will be trying.

Pray for me always ☦️☦️☦️

Day 3092: Lent 2019

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“What are you giving up for Lent?” It’s a question a lot of people will get these next few days. If you want to change your body, perhaps alcohol and candy is the way to go. But if you want to change your heart, a harder fast is needed. This narrow road is gritty, but it isn’t sterile. It will make room in ourselves to experience a love that can make us whole and set us free. – Pope Francis

It’s 1: 55 PM on day 3092 since I started blogging and I managed to pray, read a Bible verse, and do some work

Yesterday marked the beginning of Lent in our church and since my doctor doesn’t approve of me fasting I have decided to give up impatience for Lent it’s already proving difficult but I’m going to try my best to be patient with myself and others.

Day 2363: Lent 2017

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“What are you giving up for Lent?” It’s a question a lot of people will get these next few days. If you want to change your body, perhaps alcohol and candy is the way to go. But if you want to change your heart, a harder fast is needed. This narrow road is gritty, but it isn’t sterile. It will make room in ourselves to experience a love that can make us whole and set us free. – Pope Francis

 

It’s 11 : 22 AM on day 2363 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 2 Samuel 22: 28 have breakfast and learn a new word – Tumult [tu·mult] n. Confusion or disorder. A loud, confused noise, esp. one caused by a large mass of people. “He quickly became aware of the violent tumult behind the trees.”

 

Last Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent and since my doctor doesn’t approve of me fasting I have decided to give up impatience for Lent I know it won’t be easy but I’m going to try my best to be patient with myself and others.

Day 1992: Giving up Impatience for Lent

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“Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.” – Pope Francis

 

It’s 12 : 47 PM on day 1992 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Hebrews 3,  learn one new thing –With an area of 12 million square kilometers (5 million square miles), the Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean – more than five times smaller than the Indian and Atlantic oceans. –have breakfast and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – Kevin (not my brother Kevin)  donated $15 on behalf of Lesley for her birthday (thanks Kevin and happy birthday Lesley which brings the total raised to  $3 012 only $3 238 more to raise by 10 Jan 2017  (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far :)  ).

 

Recently after reading A World Filled With Happiness – a blog post by Gaynor Young – I decided that instead of giving up certain foods for Lent (which my doctor has forbidden me from doing) I would give up impatience admittedly I still have my moments of impatience but whenever I am able to observe myself being impatient I remind myself that I’ve given up impatience for Lent surprisingly it really does help.

Day 915

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We don’t need as much as we think we do – that’s what I keep learning 🙂

It’s 2 : 24 PM on day 915 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,  pray, feed myself All Bran Flakes with Soy Milk and Banana for breakfast, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles,    read Exodus 35, publish my Disability of the Day feature,  practice typing with both hands,  listen to music and stretch my hamstrings.

This morning while eating All Bran Flakes with Soy Milk and Banana for breakfast I realized we don’t need to eat meat or meat products we just choose to being on Lent has made me think about how an animal is treated before it ends up on my plate after Lent I’m going to make a conscious effort to eat less meat after all animals are living creatures just like us. Has going without something made you realize that you don’t actually need it?

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Day 189

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My disability has made me a better person – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8: 34  PM on day 189 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Batura – deep fried bread – for breakfast,  watch the movie Life as We Know It staring Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel and Josh Lucas with my sister (in South Africa March 21st  is Human Rights’ Day so we are given a public holiday)– it was a heart-warming  story of two people who hated each other coming together to raise a child after the death of their mutual best friends I would recommend it to anyone who likes romantic comedies – feed myself rice and curry for lunch,   tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – two donations were made today: the first one was a $10 from @bonuschief (Frank) and the second one was a $110 donation from @LegalEagleStar (Tom) of EARLY & BALDWIN SOLICITORS   – thanks guys you make me want to get up in the morning and do this all over again 🙂 –    feed myself Chapati – an unleavened flatbread – filled with butternut and mutton gravy – I made a conscious effort not to ingest any meat because I was on lent and it paid off in spite of my brother who was doing everything in his power to get me to take a bite LOL 🙂 – and watch TV.

Today I was watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show titled Sister Wives it was about a man, his four wives and sixteen children and I caught myself thinking what, how, why … this is wrong and in that moment I decided that I would not do to others what others did to me because I knew what it felt like to be on the receiving end of judgment every time I went out people would stare and make up their minds about me before I had even said a word.  Have your limitations been a blessing rather than a curse?

Day 178

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Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. – Leo Buscaglia

It’s 9: 57 PM on day 178 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself fish fingers and fries for breakfast – my mother didn’t know that I had also given up fish for lent and since I couldn’t make myself anything else I  just ate it but that’s okay I know God forgives me and now that my mom and I are on the same page I doubt  it will happen again :)– tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck  – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more – still no luck – feed myself a grilled cheese sandwich  for dinner and watch TV.

As you may know I am not one for living in what could’ve been because I believe that when you live in all that could’ve been you miss all that is but today I was really having a hard time with the fact that from the moment I got up in the morning to the time I went to bed at night I needed help with something so just this once I allowed myself to write about my fantasy rather than my reality take a look:

5 Things I would do if I could walk

  • Bungee jump
  • Skydive
  • Abseil
  • Ride on horseback
  • Shark cage dive

Day 176

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The worst thing in the world is not rejection it’s lack of validation – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 9: 13 PM on day 176 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself a chicken polony sandwich  for a snack – it turns out that lent starts on Ash Wednesday for everybody and I  just got the date wrong LOL 🙂 –  tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck  – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more – still no luck – feed myself butternut  for dinner and watch TV.

Today as I was sitting in front of my laptop raising awareness about my campaign I couldn’t help but remember all the people in my life who didn’t even bother to reply to my donation requests and in that moment I realized that I would rather hear a no than get no response at all because I believe that even when you say nothing you’re saying something and what those people were saying to me was you’re not even worth 5 minutes of my time. Do you ignore people because rejecting them would be too uncomfortable? 🙂

Day 174

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A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares. –
Debi Mazar

It’s 4: 15 PM on day 174 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Batura – deep fried bread – for breakfast while watching the  Cricket World Cup match: South Africa vs. England – we lost by 6 runs but it’s okay we’ll get’em next time 🙂 –   tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck –  feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more – still no luck –  Chapati – an unleavened flatbread –  vegetable  curry for dinner – I am taking part in lent –    the period of 40 weekdays before Easter observed in some Christian churches as a period of prayer, penance, fasting, and self-denial. (Note: my community goes according to what is done in the Eastern churches so we will be fasting for 49 days and not 40) –   for the second consecutive year 🙂 – tweet about my campaign some more – I guess third time was the charm because @Dyan_Can (Diane) donated $10 –it was a pleasure meeting you Diane thank you for your donation 🙂 –and send two emails: the first to Brian’s mom, Lisa to see how she was doing (if you have no idea what I am talking about refer to End bullying for Brian) – Lisa and I have never meet in person but I know that if something ever happened to me I would want someone to do for my mom what I’m doing for Lisa – and the second was to the WordPress support team – my email notifications were being sent to two different email accounts and I asked them if they could help me fix it.

Yesterday I was watching The Showbiz Report – an entertainment magazine show – and heard that Angelina Jolie had stopped filming on her directorial debut to visit Afghanistan and meet refugees and I remember being so awestruck by the fact that she was so willing to drop everything in her life to go and help others with that said I would like this opportunity to applaud Angelina for all her philanthropic efforts – people may forget all the awards you’ve won but they’ll never forget all the good you’ve done you’re  officially my new hero. Is there an Angelina Jolie in you? 🙂