It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends.
Time is the school in which we learn.
Joan Didion (1934-2021) was an American writer and journalist.
Joan Didion Quote
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William Bridges Quotes
Change is an event but transition is the process that you go through in response to the change.
Beginnings are also scary, for they require a new commitment.
William Bridges (1933-2013) was an American author and consultant. Much of his writing focused on managing the human side of change.
Journey’s Beginnings (Haiku Series #339)
Witnessing
Welcome blessed child
May you taste world’s endless gifts—
Vision awakens
Trusting
Eyes find breath of peace
Embracing each precious day—
Experience counts
Growing
Remembering youth
Innocent times of learning—
Treasures of friendship
Shrinking Darkness (Elfchen Series #258)
Always Forward
Father
Witnessing transformations
Smallest of steps
Raising faith’s enduring foundation
Rejoicing
Mercy Received
Precious
Harvest gathered
Filled with destiny
From smallest of seeds
Possibilities
Peace as One
Daily
Hope embraced
From Savior’s light
Smallest voice sharing grace
Beginnings
This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.
Holiest Presence (Elfchen Series #257)
Breath
Messiah’s
Infant face
Witnessing Father’s love
Kingdom shall never end
Majesty
Afterglow
Mother’s
Ultimate favor
Bearing Father’s Son
Love filled with Spirit
Destiny
Remembrance
Savior’s
Humble Beginnings
Stable’s common feedbox
Angels praise Father’s joy
Light
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Robert Henri Quotes
Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him for you are not.
Those who cannot begin do not finish.
Robert Henri (1865-1929) was an American painter and teacher. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he studied in Paris where he strongly identified with the impressionists, as he pursued a more progressive approach with his paintings.
David Jeremiah Quote
Start a new habit on today’s events: Think first of the eternal difference your choices will make.
From Proverbs 16:3: “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.“
David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.
David Viscott Quotes
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.
David Viscott (1938-1996) was an American psychiatrist and author.
Frederick Buechner Quote
For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only the beginning–not home but the place through which we must pass if ever we are to reach home at last.
From Luke 2:13-14: “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!'”
Frederick Buechner (1926-2022) was an American pastor, Christian theologian, and author. His writings were published in 39 books, which included several different genres.
Fresh Outlook (Haiku Series #302)
Wholesomeness
Warmest beginnings
Sunrise’s gift of welcome—
Youthful innocence
Gentleness
Horizon’s shadows
Sunset offers gratitude—
Joyful innocence
Peacefulness
Landscape now resting
Under serenity’s quilt—
Nightly innocence
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