Lenten resolution

[deuce26]

Not that this post will be universally applicable to my Jewish and Muslim friends, but I'm sitting here contemplating as I try to maintain my fast on Ash Wednesday what I will give up for lent. It occurred to me that I should give up my pipe. However, I'm so new to the hobby and enjoying it so much that I don't want to give it up. Maybe, of course, that's precisely why I should.
There is always the fall back plan. Chocolate or soft drinks. Hmmmmmm. This will take some more thought.
I'd love to hear the special ways you observe lent.

 

[saint007]

You really don't want to give up your pipe till Easter, do you? Why not just give up a blend that you are not a real fan of? I like making it easy, like giving up the NFL Channel until Lent is over.
And, I try to eat Crawfish on Fridays all throughout Lent :wink:
Per the new Pope, at least we don't have to worry about going to hell since it doesn't exist.

 

[olewaylon]

give up lighting with Bics

 

[deuce26]

You guys may be onto something.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

I gave up lent for lent

 

[mso489]

Maybe I should not order any pipes during lent. This would have the practical effect of letting me

think over the next purchase, but that's not how lent is supposed to work. I think what you give up

is supposed to be an outright sacrifice.

 

[necron99]

Pekinpah beat me to it.
is that too, or to. Sometimes I forget.

 

[warren]

I give up eating chili during lent. If I weaken, I just put beans in the chili so it's not really chili. Of course then I have to eat around the beans.
I also give up golf. Pretty much all the golfers up here do that.

 

[mso489]

He beat you to it, but it's too much!

 

[cfreud]

Giving up smoking aromatics? Yeah, that's what I do. That and bungee-cord jumping. And crack cocaine.

 

[pylorns]

Give up TAD....get by on only your cellar..!

 

[tuold]

As a fellow Roman Catholic I understand your question. I think sacrificing something you enjoy the most would give you the most benefit as well as making you appreciate the enjoyment of it after Easter.

 

[phoenix]

I'm giving up waiting until noon for my first pipe of the day. Giving up self-denial sounds good to me. Of course I'm Jewish so it doesn't make that much difference. :mrgreen:

 

[psychpipes]

I'm giving up guilt and fear of eternal condemnation. Of course, I follow Asatru so I don't worship my gods, just respect them.

 

[mso489]

I'm refraining from smoking Semois. I'm secure in keeping that lenten austerity. I'm

also refraining from smoking the over-the-counter tobacco Clan -- for good reason,

according to the reviews -- though I do have that on hand.

 

[hobie1dog]

www.GodisImaginary.com
watch all the videos on the first page, read all 50 proofs on the RH side and discover rational thinking and reverse the ridiculous brainwashing you received as a child.
It is the most liberating thing you will experience in life.

 

[andrew]

http://www.GodisImaginary.com
watch all the videos on the first page, read all 50 proofs on the RH side and discover rational thinking and reverse the ridiculous brainwashing you received as a child.
It is the most liberating thing you will experience in life.

I'll pray for you. Hopefully you'll just go to Purgatory. Plus I converted to Roman Catholicism as an adult because I found Protestantism to be a watered down religion of convenience, and read the Bible as an adult.

 

[hobie1dog]

I'll pray for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH0rFZIqo8A

 

[natibo]

I'm going to give up being so tolerant and understanding of others.

 

[tslex]

It occurred to me that I should give up my pipe. However, I'm so new to the hobby and enjoying it so much that I don't want to give it up. Maybe, of course, that's precisely why I should.

Works righteousness sure can be confusing, huh?