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!