getting rid of some unnecessary things...

Advent seems
an awful lot like
Lent.

Waiting.
Expectation.
Renewal

I seem
to do these things
during
Advent
and
Lent.

Seems there are some things
we lose.


Seems there are some things we
simply
have to
get
rid
of.

Regret.
Shame.

Been
shedding these
things.

However,
reality
check
today.

Shed
pounds.
Didn't know
just how many
till today.
I'm now in
size 32.

Pounds
I found
piled up...
when I
refused to
acknowledge
regret and shame.

I began this
journey
intentionally...
getting rid of
stuff I allowed
others to
stick onto me.

Then
a wrestling
match with
regret and
shame
brought
on
grief.

Grief has
a way...

Tenacious
Thorough
Thinning.

Don't necessarily
recommend such.

But as it goes...
good comes
eventually....

Even when
grief has it way.

I can see the end
now.

And
in
the now...

not all is bad.

This journey
of getting rid of
some
unnecessary
things....
is beginning
to seem
worth
it.