Well, I for one am glad that Lent is almost over...not just because I can't wait for all the candy (finally ran out of Halloween and Christmas Candy around here and the girl scout cookies disappeared before i even had a chance to grab one Thin Mint)....but because I chose to give up "cussing" this year for Lent.
I keep telling my kids - it's not just that it sounds bad and rude, etc - but it's just an awful HABIT....There are times I don't even know I'm doing it and it actually isn't even necessary at times - just a habit. Then there are times, like at the kid's sporting events, that my husband "corrects" me as several mothers and myself let our words fly (we are all supposed to be Good, fun loving, polite Catholics you know....but get a few competitive moms together and we have scared more than one young umpire at a soccer game when we didn't agree with a "call")
Any way, this year, I chose to give up cussing for 40
days...and for the most part, I've done a pretty good job. There have
been a few slip ups (and the kids yell at me - with giggles - right
away since I am strict and make them stick to their Lent resolutions)
but trying very hard. So, it was very nice to see an article in the News
talking about South Pasedena, California and their declaration to make
the first week of March (every year from now on) as "No Cussing Week".
The incredible thing is that this idea started with a 14-year old boy!
"That's one of the purposes of this," Mayor Michael Cacciotti said of
his city's proclamation designating the first week of March as No
Cussing Week. "It provides us a reminder to be more civil, to elevate
the level of discourse."
If
challenged, could you do this for a week, a month, longer? Do you
really think it makes any difference? Should this be something other
communities try?
Thanks and have a fun, SAFE, "cuss free" weekend!
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