Beginnings...

You can always begin in the middle, anyone who has had to face the trials and tribulations of life knows that sometimes you gamble, sometimes you lose and have to start again. The greatest danger is being taught as a child this is a bad thing, that failure is the end of days. In truth the most important lessons are learned from mistakes and the greatest successes come from failures. History may only record the successes but there are many that can testify that while necessity is the mother of invention, mistakes are how you get there. Some of the most important advances in science and common useful items (x-rays and post-it notes anyone?) are products of mistakes.

Today I struggled with finding a temporary job to earn me enough money to move to the place I want to be, seemingly losing the temporary job I already had because times are tough, searching for apartments and jobs in Burlington and resolving a thousand other issues. If I faced each of these problems and defeats as indicative of a large failure of character then by the end of each day my world be destroyed. Instead by taking each in stride and moving onto the next step it become part of a larger and more powerful process.

Time has taught me that almost consistently my expectations and predictions bears almost no relation to what has happened. So what I try to take from that is to instead focus on making my day amazing and empowering. With these thousands of little beads I can make a remarkable life.