Pelle’s Thoughts

Have you ever thought about giving something up during the time of Lent?

I hear people talk about this a lot these days. Some give up alcohol, some give up sweets, some even give up watching TV between Ash Wednesday and Easter.

I’ve heard about one person who actually gave up sugar, AND coffee, AND tea, AND alcohol during Lent last year. All of them during the same season of Lent, no kidding.

To be honest: for me this is a little bit like the New Year’s resolutions. I have great plans for what I am not going to do anymore, and I may even make it through the first week, but then I am back to my bad old habits. But as much as it is never too late to make your New Year’s resolutions come true, it is never too late to make some sort of sacrifice during Lent.

Since I am a teddy bear who LOVES cake, pie, candy, chocolate, coffee, pop, good food, and even a bottle of beer once in a while, giving up one of these isn’t going to work for me. (I leave it up to Pastor Pam to try and give up the alcohol or some of the sweet stuff).

And I definitely won’t give up watching TV!

But I have the feeling that I should do SOMETHING. So I think, that I could give up one of my other bad habits. You know, the ones that don’t have to do with food. There are bad habits like patronizing (I guess I do that sometimes to my friend Rudi the rabbit), or being impatient, or being grumpy, or being selfish.

I think this year I could try not to hold a grudge every time my family forgets to take me to bed with them, and lets me spend a whole night on a cold mantlepiece instead. Yes, I think that would work. Especially because it doesn’t happen very often that they go to bed without me.

Yours Pelle

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