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Voluntarily sacrificing pleasurable things resets your senses and makes you master of yourself.
” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness.
We have just entered the season of Lent, a time to pray and fast to commemorate Jesus’s 40-day sojourn into the desert at the beginning of his public ministry. About a quarter of Americans including 61 percent of Catholics typically observe Lent through voluntary sacrifice, fasting, almsgiving, and prayer. Many religions have similar ascetic traditions, such as Yom Kippur in Judaism and Ramadan in Islam, in which believers repent and reflect on their need for improvement. ....

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