"I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death."
Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
"Check it out, Check it in. Let me begin."
Lil' Nix, Off the Markov
"In the beginning. . . "
"In the beginning. . . "
Genesis, Chapter 1
What does it mean, to me and to others, that I begin?
Now, this moment, this very moment, is a beginning, the perpetual possibility of a beginning. As we move forward, each second ticking away, we begin, and begin, and begin again, ever changing, ever new, ever refreshing.
And once begun, the beginning ends. It's a fleeting, ungraspable moment. Each beginning contains its own death and destruction, for once we have begun, we are no longer beginning.
What is perhaps the most interesting thing about beginning is the very decision to begin. The conscious thought that I must start. Whatever that starting is, the conscious "I" chooses to begin. It's a rich moment filled with total possibility and total promise. What will I begin? How will I begin?
Beginning is movement. It is change and advancement. It is dynamic. It is commitment and it is scary. It is also exhilarating and affirming. And, as Whitman says, let me begin again and again until my beginnings cease and I cease with them.
What does it mean, to me and to others, that I begin?
Now, this moment, this very moment, is a beginning, the perpetual possibility of a beginning. As we move forward, each second ticking away, we begin, and begin, and begin again, ever changing, ever new, ever refreshing.
And once begun, the beginning ends. It's a fleeting, ungraspable moment. Each beginning contains its own death and destruction, for once we have begun, we are no longer beginning.
What is perhaps the most interesting thing about beginning is the very decision to begin. The conscious thought that I must start. Whatever that starting is, the conscious "I" chooses to begin. It's a rich moment filled with total possibility and total promise. What will I begin? How will I begin?
Beginning is movement. It is change and advancement. It is dynamic. It is commitment and it is scary. It is also exhilarating and affirming. And, as Whitman says, let me begin again and again until my beginnings cease and I cease with them.
Please check the blogs listed on the right for companion pieces to this week's prompt.
Next week's prompt: Pure and Utter Nonsense
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