Sugar Fast Day 22

Day 22!

I’m not the most technologically savvy person. For the most part, I’d rather be outside exploring nature, than be inside on the computer. Partly because that’s just me and partly because technology seems to really frustrate me when it doesn’t do what I think it’s supposed to do. I have over 20,000 pictures and 1,500 videos on my phone. Crazy! Over the past week I have been trying to store them elsewhere and get them off of my phone to create more storage space. I naively thought that anything is possible in 2025, but because I’ve waited this long and there’s an excessive amount, I’m experiencing a lot of trouble. I’ve mistakenly deleted pics that I thought were being stored other places. I’ve lost sleep thinking about the videos of my kiddos that I believed were being stored in the Cloud but are in fact gone forever.

My discovery in it all, is that just as I have run in desperation to sugary treats, I’ve done the same with clinging to these thousands and thousands of pictures. I had wanted them at my disposal at any time, so that I could run to them and get the comfort I’m so longing for at times. The sheer thought of being without them would stir up a panic inside of me and turn my world upside down. It would evoke the same feeling that I have every time I begin this sugar fast.

Is there anything that you are clinging to out of fear of losing? Is there something in your life that you know you need to allow to lessen its grip on you? Is there change or transformation that you know you need to embrace, but you’re so terrified of losing your tradition or routine that you avoid it at all costs?

Well today is the day to surrender. Today is the day to acknowledge that change needs to happen at times in order for new life and new growth to be achieved. Today is the day that you put your fears aside and those panic-stricken feelings and tell yourself that it will be okay!! You will be okay if you happen to lose all of your photos or your daily routine needs to be altered for the benefit of your health or you try something new and out of your comfort zone. Yes it may simply suck in the moment. It may be hard and uncomfortable. It may even make you feel sick to your stomach. But it will be okay! You will get through it. Embrace the chaos. Embrace the storm. Embrace the change. Because in the end you will find something new. And it may even be something better and more beautiful and life-giving than ever before. You’ve got this! I’m here with you.

-Tara xo