. Being human means being both blessed and broken, and Ash Wednesday is a special invitation to look at our own brokenness in a way that can bring healing, strength, and courage

We need to learn to embrace our Vulnerability.  We have been vulnerable because we allowed failure to be a real possibility. We forgive people who betray you. Then we have been vulnerable because we open up to trust again and never know the outcome.

We need to ask for help. We shall embrace our weaknesses and not to be afraid to be exposed our vulnerability.

Life affords us many opportunities to choose to accept vulnerability. We need to learn a joy of unconditional love. we need to give a chance to risk it all and choose the career that is our passion and not to be afraid of outcome where it will be a success or failure.

Being vulnerable is is an opportunity to encounter the divine. Being vulnerable is the door through which we must travel to become the best, most authentic versions of ourselves.

Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable is how we accept our brokenness. The dust of Ash Wednesday is a powerful reminder of the vulnerability that is part of our spiritual DNA as human beings.

Ash Wednesday teaches us  about the mystery of vulnerability in life, rethink our purpose and what it takes to be a spiritual.

Giving in to love and giving up negative tendencies.

It is a good idea to fast on Ash Wednesday to let go of that needs to let go.

Fasting, a spiritual practice and a way of letting go of our reliance on things we don’t actually need.

We need to embrace our weaknesses and see then as continuation of our strength.

The early Pagan origins of Ash Wednesday

The practice of putting ashes on one’s forehead has been known from ancient times. In the Nordic pagan religion, placing ashes above one’s brow was believed to ensure the protection of the Norse god, Odin. This practice spread to Europe during the Vikings conquests. This laying on of ashes was done on Wednesday, the day named for Odin, Odin’s Day.

one of Odin’s names is Ygg. The same is Norse for the World Ash. This name Ygg, closely resembles the Vedic name Agni in pronunciation.

The Norse practice which has become known as Ash Wednesday was itself, drawn from the Vedic Indian religion. Ashes were believed to be the seed Agni , the Indian fire god. It is from this name that the Latins used for fire, ignis. It is from this root word that the English language got the words, ignite, igneous and ignition. Agni was said to have the authority to forgive sins. Ashes were also believed to be symbolic for the purifying blood of the Vedic god Shiva, which it is said had the power to cleanse sins.