Okay, I am using numbers in my title. Not for “hits” but because that’s how many days are in Lent.
Someone shared an activity to do during Lent. A challenge of sorts.
Now, I am not a good Catholic. Since I moved overseas I have hardly attended Mass. But I still consider myself to be Catholic. There are a few things I still do that might be Catholicky.
I abstain from meat on Fridays when I remember what day it is. 🙂 I try to eat smaller portions of just two meals. I also make a conscious effort to think about others and do something for the less fortunate.
I mean it’s the absolute least I can do.
So this challenge.
Grab a trash bag. Each day take an item of clothing that you don’t use or need out of your closet or drawers. At the end of Lent there will be a bag filled with clothes that can be donated to someone in need.
Wait, I can go into my closet and bang out forty items right now! In a matter of fifteen minutes.
Boom! Bag filled and ready to go.
Better yet, I could just write a check to cover the cost of forty clothing items. And be done with it. Something my husband and I do for certain causes/charities we support.
But that’s very easy.
Too easy.
Don’t get me wrong. We need the checks in this world. And we need a quick fifteen minute decluttering of closets now and again.
But going into a closet every day actually causes me to reflect. Every single day. For forty days. To think about others. What their lives might be like if they don’t have clothes to wear. It makes me feel grateful each day. Appreciating that I have a roof over my head, clothes to wear, food, water, transport, health and more. When so many in the world have none of these.
So, I think this is a fabulous idea. For anyone. At any time.
Thinking about others and making a difference, no matter how small, in someone’s life is really what matters.
Being grateful is the gravy.
Just Being Mary 