self control.....

tonight whilst babysitting i was thinking about lent. and how through the next 40days and 40night we will say how hard it is to get by with the things we've given up and how we miss them, but then i started to think deeper, its all about self control, i think back to the famine we did last year, 24hours with no food, we got by fine, and i think how that made me think how i take food for granted and how im still doing that now. come on guys, think about it, crisps,chocolate,cakes,takeaways etc - they are all a luxery - some people have nothing, they find it hard to get the basics together for a meal a day, we have the luck of going to a cuboard and getting out whatever we want. and then we are complaning as we've given something up for lent. well ive desided.....im not going to complain, im gonna get on with it, im going to apprecaite the fact i have food infront of me. and think more about those who have nothing.....