approaching the new year: skein two.

i recently posed the question on facebook

'what is your mantra for the coming year?'

i got a variety of responses

from serious to sarcastic

but the one that struck a chord with me was the one that stated

simply

'less excess'.

ain't it the truth?

i do not consider myself to be high maintenance;

i am content with my yarn

my yoga

my family

my literature

it doesn't take much to make me smile.

and yet

even i find i have excess in my life and that this excess takes it's toll on me

physically

financially

spiritually.

for example.

when i go to the grocery store

i always manage to leave with twice what i set out to purchase.

this excess takes it's toll on me physically

(did i really need that bag of M&Ms?)

and financially

(surely that total can't be right...can it?)

and then

what ends up happening

is at the end of the year

the beginning of the next

i'm left with all this shit that i have to find places for

physically (no room in the jeans)

financially (nothing left in the account)

spiritually (drained)

eventually it all winds up in a closet

or on a desk

or atop my kitchen counters

this year

i'm ready to change the cycle.

i'm ready to rid myself of the excess

and in turn

give

rather than take.

i hope that in the end

i find myself lighter

in more ways than one.

what's your mantra for the new decade?

go well.