BEGINNING

”All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1000 days, not in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet, but let us begin.

John F Kennedy

Beginning is so important, for everything has a start. Everything needs to be done whether we want to or not. We realize that we have to get going and get on with this business. Business that has been long overdue or just getting started.

We so many times have a fear of doing or saying something. Fear keeps us from doing what we want to do. Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were young? A teacher, doctor, layer, pilot, whatever it is. But along the way things happened and we met the hiccups by swaying from our dreams. Sometimes we just wrote it off as a sacrifice or compromise. We got married, had children and started nurturing someone else’s dream. We started playing the supporting role. We forfeited our own dreams to accommodate someone else’s, be it a child or a lover.

My suggestion is not that we forget to cheer someone else on. It is to also work on our own dreams. My sister went back to school last year to complete her matric. She has been the best cheerleader in the world. She has been cheering on her children and husband for all these yeas, but I’m glad she decided to do something for herself. This is really the one thing that she wanted to do since I can remember. I’m so proud of her.

Isn’t it time that you began the one thing that you’ve always dreamt of? Get on and do it. Rise to the challenge and meet it head on. Begin to live your dream, it’s never too late.

“What we call the beginning is often the end and to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”

TS Elliot

Make that end and begin with something you want to do. For yourself and your loved ones.