During Lent This Year:

Fast from fear;
      Feast on faith.
Fast from despair;
      Feed on hope.
Fast from depressing news;
      Feed on prayer.
Fast from discontent;
      Feast on gratitude.
Fast from anger and worry;
      Feed on patience.
Fast from negative thinking;
     Feast on positive thinking.
Fast from bitterness;
      Feed on love and forgiveness.
Fast from words that wound;
      Feast on words that heal.
Fast from gravity;
      Feed on joy and humor.
Fast from gossip;
      Feast on the Gospels.
Fast from junk foods;
      Feast on the Bread of Life.
Fast from bad news;
      Feast on “The Good News.”
Fast from darkness;
      Feast on the Light.
Fast from the secular;
      Feast on the sacred.
Fast from despair;
      Feast on hope.
Fast from revenge;
      Feast on forgiveness.
Fast from tears of sorrow;
      Feast on tears of joy.
Fast from getting;
      Feast on giving.
Fast from complexities;
      Feast on simplicities.
Fast from horror;
      Feast on humor.
Fast from listlessness;
      Feast on laughter.