Preparation, Prayer and Practice
Preparation, Prayer and Practice Lent is a period of Self-Preparation, Self-Examination and Self- Renewal. This time period is to think about us and others. In my school days many of my friends were good in athletics. Especially long-distance running, they will be at school early morning 5 o’ clock and do their preparation and training. They prepare themselves very hard, running a marathon takes preparation, patience and perseverance. It takes a lot of discipline and dedication. They had to make many sacrifices on food and fitness. Sports meet was very close, without any practice and preparation a friend of mine gave his name to the Marathon race. We said ‘ Machan, you can’t do it you are without any practice, he didn’t listen to our words . He said, ‘I can run very fast; I can break the record.’ On the day of the sports meet everything was ready for the marathon, all the boys were cheering and shouting for their house runners, our friend was ready in the starting li...