Today I have beginnings and endings on my mind. Endings, because as of tomorrow, Yahoo! Contributor Network, the place where I’ve written now for three years, is no more. My pieces–along with everyone else’s–will vanish from the internet, hardly leaving a ripple in their wake.
And beginnings because, on Tuesday night, a friend of mine had a baby girl, her second. Her name is Isabel, and she arrived into this world weighing more than eight pounds.
It’s the way of the world, isn’t it? Around us, everywhere, things are starting and finishing, winding up and winding down. You can pick out a person passing by on the sidewalk, any person, and in his or her life, there are any given number of things somewhere along the path.
Maybe it’s because we have them built into our very essence that they resonate around us. Every day has the beginning of a sunrise; every day the ending of a sunset. It’s the rhythm of life, the balance of the universe.
Just the way that beginnings, eventually, lead to endings, endings can give way to beginnings, in that infinity circle. We’ll see where this ending takes me, but right now, I prefer to think of Isabel’s beginning, still sparkling fresh and sweetly bright.
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Good job I got to read your pieces on British TV while I could, then.
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You have the rest of today. GO!!! 🙂 Oh how I love British TV. I think I’ve written a few posts here about it, too, if you check under “Television.”
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Is it alright if I finish Aunty Ida first?
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Why of course! I’d prefer if you did 🙂 I hope you’re enjoying it. And at least the posts here aren’t going anywhere.
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Move forward openly with curiosity and amusement with your passions rather than demands and hopes. Don’t expect it to go as planned but know that the unplanned may lead to the best later.
Erik
http://erikconover.com
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Thanks, I think that’s good advice.
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You’re very welcome
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🙂
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