"Lent is a time to renew wherever we are in that process that I call the divine therapy. It's a time to look what our instinctual needs are, look at what the dynamics of our unconscious are." - Thomas Keating
There is something very beautiful about freshly fallen snow - when the wind is not blowing it accumulates on the trees and branches, much like ash after a heavy bush fire, but without the destruction. There is something refreshing and renewing about the snow. It strips everything of its color, leaving just black, white and grey, with occasional splashes of other colors. As it melts, the colors slowly seep back, washed and fresh. Ash Wednesday heralds the start of Lent, which is a good time to wash the soul, and renew ourselves in divine therapy. It is a spiritual time-out and re-set to focus on the right path and direction. It is much easier to be grateful for what we have when we sit in quite reflection.
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