Lent
Lent, as many of you know, is a Christian holiday where you give up something you cherish for 40 days, the number of days Jesus spent fasting and fighting off temptation in the desert.
Lent officially starts on Ash Wednesday which falls on 5th March this year.
Lent has in some ways spread beyond religion as people who are not religious also sometimes give up something they love during Lent.
This morning I came across an article in The Guardian by Keith Hebden, an Anglican parish priest,
Keith Hebden will not eat food during lent, limiting his diet to fruit juice in the morning and vegetable stock in the evening. He has decided to do this to showcase the hunger that is occurring across Britain.
According to the website EndHungerFast , founded by Keith Hedben, 5,500 people were admitted to hospital for malnutrition last year.
Malnutrition does not normally get associated with developed countries such as Britain. The fact that there are people being deprived of food is distressing, especially when we take in to account that many people in Britain overeat.
I am not brining about this story in order to convince anyone to fast for Lent.
I am bringing it up as it is an important issue facing Britain today and we should be aware of it.
One small way in which we could help is by joining National Day of Fasting, which is happening on 4th April. This campaign is being done in order to raise awareness to the British Government that people do care about people going hungry in our country.
As for Lent if you choose to give something up Good Luck!
Even if you are not religious maybe you just want to give yourself a 40 day challenge.
Or 22 day challenge like I did earlier this month.
Either way I wish you all the best of luck!
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