It's time to take out the trash. Literally.
When I was a child, each New Year, my family had this amazing tradition. The night of New Year's Day, the night AFTER all of the champagne and ball drop and staying up until midnight to count down the seconds....the night after all of the hubbub...we had a get together. We went to my dad's cousins house outside of the city limits. We all brought our christmas trees. Then, we built a big fire.
And we burned them.
As we pulled our christmas tree into the fire, we thought about all of that negative energy from the year before. We thought about everything we didn't like, everything that we wanted to change, and we placed all of that negative energy onto that christmas tree. When it went into the fire, the flames shot up many feet into the air. The dried pine needles would sparkle and jump in the most awesome display of firelight. Then, with a clean slate, we started the new year. Fresh energy. A positive outlook. The promise of a cleaner....more purified....
you.
Tonight, we're burning our christmas tree.
We're cleaning out the refrigerator, throwing away all of that christmas candy, cookies, and sludge. We're saying goodbye to old, bad, unhealthy habits, and bringing on a new, positive, healthy energy. We're taking out the trash emotionally, resolving to change, prioritizing our needs along with the needs of others.
I challenge you to have a refrigerator clean out day, ridding both your pantry and your soul of anything emotionally. Take it to the curb and don't look back. Today is your day 1, your fresh start, your clean slate.
Burn that tree.
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