New Beginnings - 243

New beginnings are a sure sign of Spring! This is the first week of Spring and so what could be better than an episode all about new beginnings? This week, your host reads quotes from a pile of famous sources. Each quote deals with new beginnings in some form or another. So, just sit back, relax, and let your mind be entertained. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” “Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” “No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” “Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.” “Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.” “Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” “Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” “Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose — not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.” “The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning.” “Sometimes we can only find our true direction when we let the wind of change carry us.” “Perhaps that is where our choice lies—in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.” “One can begin so many things with a new person—even begin to be a better man.” “Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” “Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.” “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” “Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” “It’s a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don’t know about you, but I make plenty. You can’t turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.” “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” "Every moment is a fresh beginning." “It’s never too late to become who you want to be. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.” “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” "Be willing to be a beginner every single morning." All quotes can be found at: https://www.countryliving.com/life/g30337217/new-beginnings-quotes/ This week's podcast promo: The 42Cast