On Beginnings

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In the beginning … a start, launch, dawn … a genesis

In the beginning … a void, an empty space, nothing … or maybe something

In the beginning … exposed soil in a field, an empty stadium, a vacant lot … a place

In the beginning … a concrete footer, steel frame, fountainhead, foundation, … an emerging spring

In the beginning … a whistle, kickoff, scrum, opening tip, first pitch … a waving flag

In the beginning … a crying red face, a nervous child, a smiling bride, a happy graduate … a seed

In the beginning … a ceremony, baptism, bar mitzvah, wedding, commencement, ribbon cutting … an inaugural

In the beginning .. a preface, introduction, forward, prelude, preamble … a start

In the beginning … a new moon, sunrise, nova, … a new tide … a new day

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. (Seneca, philosopher)

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. (Og Mandino, author)

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. (Mother Teresa, humanitarian)

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. (George Bernard Shaw, playwright)