“The trees shed their leaves leaving space and that emptiness frees up a place where we can call on grace.” -“Grace” by Amy Steinberg
As we come to the end of another year there is this feeling of wanting to shed the things that we no longer need or give value to our life. Maybe it's as simple as cleaning out our closets, purging the things we haven’t worn in a long time. Maybe it’s a time to rethink the things we wanted to do last year, but never got around to. Are we ever going to do those things? Maybe we really don’t want to or have lost an interest. It's ok to let it go if that’s what you choose. Or maybe it's as big as letting go of some of the baggage we’ve accumulate through the many years of our life. That stuff becomes a pretty heavy burden after a while. It’s like purging those old clothes in the closet only this requires going through the luggage we’ve been carrying around. It’s all about letting go. One of the heaviest things we hold onto are the things we can’t forgive whether its ourselves or someone else. It’s a easy solution, the only thing that makes it hard is us, and our inability to let it go. It is not for anyone else that we do this, it's a gift we give to ourselves. What’s inside the gift is the empty space that opens up for us. It creates clarity and freedom for new growth. The added bonus is this thing called grace that touches base with our true self. The person who’s been hidden beneath all the pain.
This is the time to stop and re-evaluate our lives, we all know it, and we all feel it. What better way to start the New Year then with a clean new slate. We’ll have less baggage, and new goals with lots of empty space to fill up as we venture along our new path this year. How exciting it will be to see where our journey takes us. Grace will continue to lead us as we practice letting go of more of the things that block our way.
Now let's pack our bags ever so lightly and enjoy the adventure this New Year brings our way.
Happy travels!
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