Happy Winter!

Yesterday was the first official day of Winter. It was the shortest day of the year and maybe that accounts for why I seemed to have no time to myself yesterday.I spent a full 18 hours being busy. At what? I'm not 100% sure. All I know is that by day's end I had not taken any time to reach out to you.
Early in the morning when I walked into services, a good friend asked if things in my life had improved. I assured him that in fact, I was actually in a great mood and looking forward to the rest of my day.
 short while later, I ran into another friend who commented that he had gathered from my writings that life didn't seem like a lot of fun for me lately.
Again I shared with him that that was all behind me and I was looking forward to the upcoming holidays.
I also shared with him that over the last couple of days I had debated with myself in regards to what I was writing about. 
I could have chosen to turn my back on how I was feeling and written something that was more uplifting and optimistic. I felt that would have been disingenuous on my part.
Stuff was bothering me. I was uncomfortable. Covering them up or ignoring my discomfort felt dishonest to me.I also knew I needed a release,a way to get the gorilla out of its cage.
Sure there might be some mayhem and chaos when I did,however I knew that I could deal with that.
Sure enough, when the day started yesterday, the beast that had been tearing me up had all but disappeared.
The wildfire that was raging inside of me had softened and was now as comfortable as a warm stove on a cold Winter's day.
There was a pep in my step and a smile on my face.(Well a David smile but a smile none the less!)
By the end of the day yesterday, I had come to understand most of what I had found so troublesome and had developed a plan to move on. A plan which included letting go of a lot of that "stuff".
Life is good!
Ups and downs are a part of it. I don't know about you, but as for me, I can live with that!