Chucking things...

Last night I watched the movie, The Weatherman, starring Nicholas Cage. Maybe you've seen it too. Basically its about this guy, Dave Spritz, who is a weatherman in Chicago who behind is "sunny" face, is an emotionally broken man. A pretty good movie I thought.
One line struck me when I heard it. Dave sits in a car with his elderly father talking about his life and the book he was trying to write. The book wasn't any good and Dave was pursuing a dream of writing like his father that would never be fulfilled. Finally his dad looks at him and says, "David, this s*** life...we must chuck some things. We must chuck some things in this s*** life. You got time."
We've all got time. Some of us more, and some of us less, but in reality we all have time to pursue the right dreams and the right goals for our lives. Dave's dad is right, in order to do so, we need to simplify our lives. As the writer of Hebrews wrote long ago, "Strip down, start running--and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed..."

What is it that you need to chuck?