
Cutting Back to Grow
Vicki Norris in her book, Restoring Order, has a chapter on “The Pruning Principle.” Vicki talks about how therapeutic it is to cut out dead branches and superfluous material in order to restore plants to better health. The pruning gives the plant a chance to produce more life and fruit. Now, apply this to your life. We all have “stuff” that is superfluous and that just takes up our time, energy, and space. Some of this “stuff” is physical items, but a lot of it is commitment