“We are what we don’t throw away,” says a former death row inmate on S1E5 of a Netflix show.

Years ago, Bob Seger sang about “what to leave in, what to leave out.”

Long before either of them or Marie Kondo, there was this advice —-

Don’t be gullible. Check out everything, and keep only what’s good, writes St. Paul in 1st Thessalonians 5.

—- As we move into this holiday season that sometimes seems overwhelming, Keep only what’s good.

Apply, rinse, and repeat as needed.