Everyone has had new beginnings in their life....a first word, first step, first day of school, first love. The list is endless for all of us, and, yet, we forget to celebrate them almost as soon as they have been accomplished. Most of these beginnings we make by choice. Others sneak up on us. Some we embrace with open arms and remember for years to come. Can you ever forget the day you became a parent?  Others we suffer through such as a divorce. The emotional storm inside us can easily rob us of the ability to function at times so much so that it hides the few positive things happening in our life.  One of these...a new beginning. One of the things that I think we forget is this. Morning is not the only time for a new beginning. At any time during the day we can stop, forget the mistake we just made, and begin anew. How blessed we are at times to be human. We are able to choose to change. We can let that past failure go and make a new start in our lives.  But the beginnings I like the most are the ones that quietly stalk us. They ever so quietly sneak up behind us. They do not announce their arrival nor do they ask our permission.They are setting off a chain of events that will turn our lives upside down. No apology will be given for the pain that they will cause nor will they ask for thanks for the benefits we will reap. We have the ability to choose how we will handle this time. It will undoubtedly be uncomfortable at the least, but, as we journey along, the rewards we reap will overwhelming outnumber any discomfort or pain we may have had. It will be worth it....at the end of the day.

At the end of the day.....
     I have a new beginning. A beginning I will choose. Some beginnings are chosen for us, but not this one. I will choose to write....something I have never wanted to do. Today, however, the urge became so strong, it overwhelmed me. It gave me no choice. So today I will write. A new beginning... at the end of this day.