Beginning
by Warren
Hanson
This is the
Beginning…
This is where
it all will start,
on the Wings of
some new Spirit with the Beat of some new Heart.
Every morning
brings a Promise,
Every day has
Gifts to give,
But Today…right
now…This Minute….
is when I begin
to Live.
And the air
that I am breathing is the breeze of what could be,
as I stand here
looking out on all the things that could be Me.
And the road
that goes before me, leading somewhere out of sight,
is a brand new
Opportunity for me to get it Right.
This is the
Beginning. This is
Once Upon a
Time….
There are
dragons to be vanquished! There are castle walls to climb!
But this story
isn’t written yet.
I’m only at
page One.
The Adventure
that’s awaiting me has only just Begun.
There are
Mysteries and Treasurers.
There are
daring deeds to do!
And if I speak
the secret word, then all my Wishes will come true.
That Magic Word
has powers that can make the heavens spin.
But it really
is not Secret that the password is……”Begin!”
Oh the
possibilities is this Beginning I have made!
I am Ready!….
but reluctant.
I am Excited!….
but afraid.
Afraid that
starting something New leaves something Old behind.
Afraid that
what I seek is something I may Never find.
Or, if I Find
it, that it won’t be what I want at all.
That what I’ve
left Behind is what I needed after all.
Beginning can
be bittersweet, and hard to comprehend.
It can mean
that some sweet, precious part of life is at an End.
And the Heart
can feel so Hollow when it has to say Good-bye
that the
thought of starting Over is too Hard to even try.
But when I
reach the End, when all my days are nearly through,
I will Not want
to look back on all the things I Didn’t do.
Nor regret the
Joys and Passions of the me that Might have been,
if only I had
found the simple Courage to Begin.
So…….This is
the Beginning….
My
Beginning……..My Rebirth.
I Awaken to the
Wonder of what I am Really worth.
It is a
Springtime for the Spirit, and it’s Giving me a Choice.
So I choose to
Use this season as a reason to Rejoice!
I lift my voice
in Sweet thanksgiving, singing Loud….and not alone.
A host of
Harmonies accompanies my song of the unknown.
Loving Friends
and willing Strangers, with their voices joining in,
create a chorus
of Encouragement that begs me to Begin.
And the end?…..
It’s out there,
Somewhere, farther than the heart can see.
And the Power
that will take me there is Here, inside of me.
Though there is
no way I can know how many trials I’ll endure,
nor the Joys
that I may find,
there is One
thing I know for sure…..
This is the
Beginning…….
