Lent?

I guess it's that time of year again. It's Lent time. Now, I'm not Catholic, nor have I ever been, nor do I ever plan to be, so Lent doesn't really affect me the same way it affects Catholics. I think giving up something for 40 days is great idea, as long as it's with the right mind set. That's the problem with a lot of "religious" people. They have rules and regulations that should be followed, which isn't a terrible thing. The bad part about it is when the rules and regulations override the reasons behind them. I'm almost positive that if you went around our school and asked all the people that claim to be Catholic why they give up something for 40 days, almost all of them would say "To honor God." That's fine, it's a perfect church answer, it's what they've been taught to say...but if you were able to get them to tell you what they really think about Lent, it would probably be different. I bet the true answer from most students would be "Because I have to" or "Because my parents are making me do it."

I don't mean to be rippin' on Catholic kids, what I'm writing about is for everyone in general. I just used Lent as an example because people can relate to it. If you're gonna do something like give up something for 40 days in order to "Bring glory to God" don't lie about it. If you don't really care about doing it, then what's the point of doing it at all? Again, I'm not trying to attack anyone or anything in particular, I'm just trying get a bit of a point across.