Still Beginning

I have been writing the manuscript of The Journey Before Us preparing for the presentation on Sept. 17 and 18--I have probably worked on it about 8 hours in the last two days.( And probably have about 8 hours to go before I will have it ready for our planning meeting on Friday.)

I find it is so much easier to begin things than continue and finish them.

But I want to continue and finish this. I believe in it.

What would be possible if I said "Yes!" to life as it is now--under these present circumstances?

Now is the continuing. The showing up and doing. How can we say Yes! to the future when we do not step up to saying Yes! to our today? So yes to slugging through. And yes to feeling like I am writing to myself--which I do anyway!! And yes to believing that life is improved by living each day. Not just thinking about living, but actually living it.

Beginning Again

I am beginning the Blog again. Doing a blog requires that I do so in a way that starts out in small steps and that grows. It is a slow process. I find that I am more of a MiracleGrow kind of girl. So I have been frustrated. But now I am beginning again.

And I am excited to do so!

So many exciting things have been happening with The Journey Before Us:

• We completed the group for the high school women.
• A group of the Journey Women went on retreat in May.
• I had a conversation with a friend in NYC in April about the Journey's growth and vision.
• We have been having ongoing meetings about how to continue to let The Journey come alive and to get it into a published format.
• There is a new Journey Group scheduled for September 17 and 18.

I am going to use my own quote to encourage my "Beginning Again."

"What would be possible if I said "Yes!" to life as it is now--under these present circumstances?"

Beth Johnson

And as I Begin Again, in order to actually continue this process of developing a The Journey and the women it represents, I will be living the journey myself.

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