BEGINNING
The first thing I typed was my name. I wanted to see how it looked in print. Then I began to type my poems.
If you have never personally known an individual who has later acquired incredible fame and success, perhaps you have found yourself looking hard at early photos of, say, Muhammad Ali or Althea Gibson, or Kareem Abdul Jabar. We look to see if we can discern something of the greatness they later achieved. Or perhaps we visualize the first time August Wilson sat at a typewriter.
All great accomplishment begins somewhere. There are lost fights, missed shots, contrived poems. The important thing is that there is a beginning.
We must allow ourselves the opportunity to make our starts. Some may be false starts; we may lose interest in an endeavor. But another start might be the beginning of greatness or of self-fulfillment. We are entitled. Let’s not be afraid to make a start.
Call to Action: On this day, I will take one concrete action—write a letter, make a call, look up an article—to start myself toward accomplishing a goal.
