How do you say goodbye?

When we shed our 'skin' and we walk away after being made new?

How can something so refreshing and freeing feel so scary at the same time?

Each day I am being shown something new, and each day new layers shed away...

All those years I thought I was that person...

But it was all my own personal illusion...

It was the pain, the suffering, the aftermath, the result of abuse and heartache, that was what was being shown throughout my existence, and most of all fear...

I was hidden away, inside, where I thought my only safety was...

I have always said when you are in darkness for so many years, it is hard to really accept the light, and that that light is now there forever and will not leave you, especially since you have been told nothing good lasts...

So, it is hard to say goodbye to one's illusionated self, but God is ever present and his promise true and loving...

C'mon it's Shedding Season, won't you join me?