The words “remember you are dust” came across my screen the other day when someone commented on it being close to the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. I am reminded that on Ash Wednesday, as the mark of the ashes is put on our foreheads, someone will say “remember you are dust.” I have to say, I don't love thinking of myself this way. Dust? Seriously? I can hear all the therapists and counselors I have known protesting that this is no way to address ourselves! I can feel the resistance in myself at the idea … [Read more...] about “Remember You Are Dust”