There is some sort of pile in all of our lives.
It doesn’t look like much at first glance. Maybe a few bad habits or a few stale names. A few negative thoughts we have been carrying around longer than we should.
Stuff that once mattered. Stuff that might have even saved us at one point.
But not anymore.
Now it just sits there taking up space blocking out the light and keeping anything new from taking hold.
We don’t get rid of it because it is familiar.
We don’t get rid of it because it is easy.
We don’t get rid of it because we don’t know what life looks like without it.
So we drag it along, dead wood.
Here is the honest truth…
…nothing grows in a pile of dead wood.
Not relationships.
Not discipline.
Not peace of mind.
I f you want something new, you don’t add more. You clear out the old and get rid of it to make room.
And yeah… burning it might cost you something.
Memories.
Comfort.
Excuses.
But holding onto it costs you much more.
So today, take a look at your pile and burn it.
I didn’t forget that yesterday was National Beer Day. It was also National Coffee Cake Day. I was tossed on which to pick, so I didn’t.
I love beer and coffee cake and if I’m tailgating and both are there….
Go Team!
Because that is the only time I have ever enjoyed beer and coffee cake together. A couple hours before kickoff sitting in the shadows of a football stadium.
