Shame. I have become quite well aquainted with Shame over the last six months. He has become my constant companion. We have spent countless hours together, getting to know each other intimately. It seems he has become my closest friend, invading every aspect of my life. He knows my thoughts, he can read my emotions, he even controls my sleep patterns. Not a day goes by where we don't spend at least a little bit of time together.
Not anymore. After months of existing with this best friend of mine, I've decided to get rid of him. I have not benefited in anyway from this relationship and find it unhealthy to remain here. I have forgotten what it is like to enjoy other people, to laugh for the sake of laughing, to smile at simple things in God's creation. Shame has crowded those things out of my life, and quite frankly, I'm sick of it. I don't want him anymore and I am deciding today that he will no longer walk with me through life.
