As we begin the spiritual journey of Lent almost a year into the pandemic,

we may feel a deep sense of inertia and want to sleep until spring and

vaccines arrive. What if we did the exact opposite? What if we stepped into

the journey bravely?

Poet David Whyte wrote,

Start close in,

don’t take the second step

or the third,

start with the first

thing

close in,

the step

you don’t want to take.