It’s difficult for me to think of Lent without being reminded of the Day of Atonement (Lev. 16). Both center around self-denial and repentance. Both, as I see it, are intended to effect reconciliation with God by first reconnecting us to our humanity, particularly, in the case of Lent, on Ash Wednesday.
20,000 times. That is the number of breaths the average human draws each day. Inhale, exhale, repeat.
It starts with your example.
