Rather than viewing this thought through the lens of nature today reflect on it through a spiritual lens. "Now is the time for turning. The leaves are beginning to turn from green to red to orange. The birds are beginning to turn and are heading once more toward the south. The animals are beginning to turn to storing their food for the winter.
For leaves, birds and animals, turning comes instinctively. But for us, turning does not come so easily. It takes an act of will for us to make a turn.
It means breaking old habits. It means admitting that we have been wrong, and this is never easy. It means losing face.
It means starting all over again. And this is always painful. It means saying I am sorry. It means recognizing that we have the ability to change. These things are terribly hard to do. But unless we turn, we will be trapped forever in yesterday's ways." [Gates of Repentance]
Allow the Grace of Lent to turn your self-interest into God interest, because God has your best interest at heart.
May God Be Praised.
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