Pancake Tuesday and Lent

I am so on board with participating in Pancake Tuesday! I really don't ever need an excuse to eat breakfast for supper. For the last couple of years the idea of Lent has intrigued me; this idea that you give something up for 5 and a bit weeks for penitence. (If you are a little bit lost here, Pancake Tuesday is the day before Lent begins - in the olden times people would want to use up all their flour, eggs, sugar, and fat, which were restricted during fasting associated with Lent). So although I really like the idea of giving something up, I'm not really ready to give anything up. So I decided that instead of giving up facebook or twitter, instead of cutting out chocolate bars (which I could totally cut out, and I'd be ok), instead of fasting and praying, I'm going to GIVE myself something. For Lent I'm going to give myself a positive affirmation every day. It might be in the form of an inspirational quote, a one liner about something wonderful about myself, or even just a little "you can do it". But every single day I'm going to give myself some positive words to live by. Stayed tuned to follow along! :)