"Do not despise the day of small beginnings..."
-Zechariah 4:10a
They say that all good stories worth telling start at the beginning. What they don't tell you is that most beginnings come after much preparation has been done - those smaller steps along the path. Sometimes beginnings start amidst a joyous occasion like a birth, graduation, or wedding. Sometimes they start amidst a desperate act of fear, death, or loss. Even death is a beginning - a beginning for those who have lost and for the one who is journeying on.
Regardless of how our beginnings commence, one thing's certain; they all take a certain amount of courage, a certain amount of resolve, a certain amount of determination.
And this is where I am. At the beginning!
I stand vulnerable, yet resolved, open to the world, and telling my story - a story that needs to be heard. This beginning is 31 years in the making. I know not how the rest of the story will go. But I know how the story has been prior to now. I know not how it will be received. But I do know the potential it has for change. I know not how it will touch and affect the lives of those reading. But I do know that I must start!
I am excited about the possibilities and a bit anxious, never having done anything on a scale like this before. I am engaging the flow, walking in my gifts, and investing my talents. This is my brand, these are my stories, my observations, my take on the world, my beliefs, my legacy.
So, in the Spirit of faith and good fortune, let us begin...