To Start Anew

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
– T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

The year is about to end. Put away your worries, put away your regrets. You can only carry so much with you, why not allow your many burdens to fall? Let them fall away one by one.

Forgive yourself, and forgive those who have hurt you. Not that you don’t believe in justice, but that it is no longer just to bind yourself to your hurts. Let God impose the justice you so deserve.

Let go of your anger. It does nothing to heal you, but robs you of your job.

Let go of envy. You don’t have to compare what you have with what others have. God has made you unique and special and He will provide for everything you need to live a blessed life.

Let go of greed if there is any. It takes you away from things that can truly make you satisfied.

Let go of insecurity and pride. It’s such a heavy burden to bear and gives you nothing back.

Be free. Start anew and let go of everything else that has wounded you.

You can find peace again. You can be whole and pure and strong.

Let go of all the things that hinder you from receiving the gifts God wants you to have – hope, faith, happiness and love.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. – Ezekiel 36:26, WEB-BE

Check Jocelyn's books:

"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.

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