At the beginning of 2012, I started a new journey — I thought it would lead me away from working in the homeless-serving sector where I’d spent the previous six years… life is always full of surprises, but that’s another story.
In the post below, which I shared on Friday, April 13th, 2012, I was immersed in an online retreat, Soul of a Pilgrim, and doing consulting work for a not-for-profit, not in the homeless-serving sector.
In the course, Christine Valters Paintner, our guide, extolled the virtues of ‘beginning again. No matter what happened or how long we strayed from the coursework — because we all would, it is human, she said — we must always do as St. Benedict suggested centuries ago, Begin Again. Or, as it says in the Hindu text, Bhagavad Gita, “Curving back within myself I create again and again.”.
I first posted the poem below on my original blog site, “Recover Your Joy” on Friday, April 13, 2012.
Always Begin Again
PS. I’m thinking of making Flashback Fridays a regular feature here. We’ll see. If I change my mind, I can always begin again.
Dare Boldly 
Lovely 🙂
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The raindrop speaks a 1000 words – hope, transparency, circle of life, never give up (as it clings desperately), survival …
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Beautiful imagery Louise – renewal in rain.
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I absolutely love love this poem. Loved reading it twice. I am glad you chose to share again!
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I like
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Your ending is funny! The poem, food for thought.
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a deep, beautiful and very lovely ‘re-visiting’ of an older journal entry. Thanks for sharing it. And I do love raindrop pictures. I use them in many ways for my sympathy cards I make. And sadly use a lot as more and more ppl and friends are dying, far more than only a few years back.
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That photo was taken in our front yard. I happened to catch it with my phone! Like you, I love raindrop photos.
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