So Lent happened. No meat for 40 days. Then Sunday happened.
Anyway, I have surprised myself with my lack of desire to eat any meat products since "being allowed to" now that Lent is over. I thought that Sunday's meat-a-tastrophe was merely a blip on the radar screen in my journey to return to eating meat. Now I'm not sure so. I've had the opportunity to eat meat since Sunday but the thought of doing so makes me sick to my stomach.
Which begs the question: Is my current lack of desire to eat meat simply a product of Sunday, or a bigger thing related to changes in my body and preferences over the course of my vegetarian Lent? I'm think this is closer to the answer. And if so, what an amazing occurrence.
I was never a huge meat eater but trust me, I enjoyed my meat ("I'll take sentences one can easily take out of context for $500, Alex"). And, even when I was vegetarian, I never ever thought I wouldn't have a desire to eat meat. I don't right now. At all. If someone offered me a Ruth's Chris steak I'd turn it down. I'm serious.
I don't even know who I am anymore.
So if I can self-defeat my desire to eat meat, something I enjoyed, in 40 days... What other habits can we make/break in 40 days? Can I get addicted to running? Can I learn to love trigonometry? Can I improve my vocabulary or become better at a foreign language?
40 days. Whew. Who'd have thought they'd be so consequential?
-Kevin
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