Leading and Love

Anytime you start something, you are starting a journey. It doesn’t have to be a long one. A new job, a new relationship, buying a new property, or moving to a new city are some of the exciting things that we are used to starting. Just as much as you decide when you want to start, the journey ends when you decide for yourself that you've reached where you want to go. For some the idea of starting something is paralyzing. For others the idea of starting something is electrifying.

Idea #1

The most important part of preparation is your willingness to learn. Your mind needs to be a clean slate. If you overpack, you might run into a situation where your baggage won’t fit in the only vehicle available to take you to your next stop. If you over-prepare, then you are shutting down yourself from what the journey has to offer. If you trip and fall flat on your face on the first step, that learning experience will prepare you for step number two. You can’t possibly know everything about the journey before you begin. You can only take so much from other people’s experience. The reality is that while they are telling what they’ve gone through, they might still be processing what it means for them, so the learning outcome for them might change down the road.

Idea #2

When one journey ends, another begins. Taking that first step is what signals that you’ve started. That second step signals that you’ve committed to that journey. Not taking that third step means that the journey is over. There is nothing wrong with that. You’re just starting again. There is always newness on the horizon. 

Quote #1

“Every day is a fresh beginning, Every morn is the world made new.” - Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

Quote #2

“Beginnings could happen more than once, or in different ways. You could think you were starting something afresh, when actually what you were doing was carrying on as before.” - Rachel Joyce

Quote #3

“Celebrate endings - for they precede new beginnings.” - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Challenge

If you feel as though you’re being bogged down by the journey, treat everyday as a new beginning.

Affirmation

I’m willing to be a beginner every morning.