Lent: Day 10
What is one thing you own that you should probably throw out?
Stephen Colbert, “The Colbert Questionert.” 2021.
Possession, idea, or both?
I was a pipe smoker for thirteen years. After I quit, I boxed up my collection of pipes, lighters, and the small humidor. Back then, it was probably worth about $500. I don’t think I’ll ever take up pipe smoking again, but I can’t seem to let go of the stuff.
Hope is the cause of suffering in the world. I adopted an idea of hopelessness, intellectually and emotionally, as part of my worldview the third year of college. I know that may be shocking or abrasive to hear from a minister. I might be more “fit” for my vocation were I to embrace hope again. I think hope and guilt have a similar motivational value one time. After that, both are baggage you carry around the rest of your life based on an outcome. So, why not act, no matter what, when it is in your power to do what is right, because it is right. Still, hopelessness is probably something to let go.
