Get Ready for A Radical Lent: Fasting and Feasting

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.