Beginning precedes us, creates us and constantly takes us to new levels and places and people.*
John O’Donohue

Grant me serenity
As day breaks from night
Grant my shadows grace
And a cradle of light**
Lemn Sissay

Some beginnings come from without,
Others from within;
The latter is a skill of thinking
that we can develop,
So whilst I’ve just
moved home, moved
country, moved
from work to
retirement,
You don’t have to do any of these
to begin,
Only imagine the smallest iteration
of what you want to begin and
do it .

*John O’Donohue’s Benedictus;
**Lemn Sissay’s Let the light pour in.