What are you giving up...

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » March 1, 2006 3:41 pm

Just going to try to be a better person.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » March 1, 2006 4:02 pm

Being on my Buddha path, I try every day to give up my attachment to things in general and to seek to be more compassionate with others.

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » March 1, 2006 6:20 pm

ZeroDuval wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:alcohol, beer and rum
riiiiiiiiight...

And I planning on cutting back even AFTER lent

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » March 2, 2006 12:44 pm

ToplessRideFL wrote:Not bein Catholic.....my question is.... when Lent is over do you go back to the things you gave up?

Lent is about personal sacrifice and self-reflection during the Easter season rather than self-punishment/constraint or a method to quit a vice. It's perfectly okay to 'go back' to whatever you were doing beforehand. BUT... most people have intentions to continue the behavior (or continue not doing the behavior) afterwards because it benefits their life in a positive way.

citcat · Post by **citcat** » March 2, 2006 1:30 pm

Desdamona wrote:I voted for "housework" and then realized you can't give up
something you've already given up.

Yeah you can if you're a Presbyterian !!!
One of the perks of my religion. Shoot, you can even give up things for a 5 minute time period. kidding....

When I was a Baptist, you weren't supposed to drink or dance.
So I went Presbyterian and I never looked back.

balcony girls · Post by **balcony girls** » March 2, 2006 1:34 pm

tikitatas wrote: I try every day to give up my attachment to things in general and to seek to be more compassionate with others.

wow. . .good advice. . .

and here I was gonna say " sex with 20 year old college jocks " . . .

no, wait . . I did that . . .about 30 years ago . . .

. . .sorry . .

citcat · Post by **citcat** » March 2, 2006 1:36 pm

balcony girls wrote:
tikitatas wrote: I try every day to give up my attachment to things in general and to seek to be more compassionate with others.
wow. . .good advice. . .

and here I was gonna say " sex with 20 year old college jocks " . . .

no, wait . . I did that . . .about 30 years ago . . .

. . .sorry . .

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 2, 2006 1:45 pm

Maybe I'll give up 20 year old bank tellers. Oh wait, she gave me up 24 years ago.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » March 2, 2006 1:47 pm

LIPH wrote:Maybe I'll give up 20 year old bank tellers. Oh wait, she gave me up 24 years ago.

SPEW

Back from lunch and I read this.........

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 2, 2006 1:48 pm

Although at my age a 20 year old bank teller could be fatal. But hey, if she dies, she dies.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » March 2, 2006 2:03 pm

Sidew13 wrote:
ZeroDuval wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:alcohol, beer and rum
riiiiiiiiight...
And I planning on cutting back even AFTER lent

did someone just feel the world lurch?

MA_Buffett_Fan23 · Post by **MA_Buffett_Fan23** » March 2, 2006 7:15 pm

Chocolate and the amount of time I spend online...

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » March 2, 2006 8:57 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:
ZeroDuval wrote:
Sidew13 wrote:alcohol, beer and rum
riiiiiiiiight...
And I planning on cutting back even AFTER lent
did someone just feel the world lurch?

I'm not spending 1.5H a night 4-5 nights a week at the Y for nothing

Midnight Flyer · Post by **Midnight Flyer** » March 3, 2006 12:54 am

MA_Buffett_Fan23 wrote:Chocolate and the amount of time I spend online...

Hmm...I thought it would be posting here

BuffettNews.com

What are you giving up...

... for Lent?