"A few days ago, I was driving down Lone Oak in Green Hills and came to the stop sign at Castleman. Someone had apparently taken a page out of the bored teenager playbook. Written on the stop sign in bold white shoe polish was the word “something.” As in “Stop Something.”
"To misquote Simon and Garfunkel, “the words of the prophets are written on stop signs.” Whoever wrote that word nailed it. You and I are desperate to Stop Something. Our lives are filled with many things, most of them might be very good. But almost all of us are doing too much. We are too busy, too engaged.
"However, during this season of Lent, you and I have an official “excuse” to Stop Something. We can give up a habit, an idea, a form of busyness. You can just stop it, whatever it is. Tell people you gave it up for Lent. Of course, you may find you don't ever want it back.
"There are things we should probably not give up. Time with family, worship, caring for those in need, doing our jobs. But I suspect there are many things that we could let go of for 40 days, and the world would not end.
"So, the message for today is quite simple. It is Lent. Stop Something."
After meditating on this, I decided that I would stop giving my power away. 'Sbout time...
And now a word from the night:
Late winter's sky
studded with stars
even the horizon's
artificial glow
cannot diminish
its loveliness
ellen
2/8/08
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This is the most meaningful advice I've had in a long time!
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