Starting Point

Navigating the French Metro

We all need a starting point.  You can't get to Point B, or X, or Point What-Have-You without a Point A, no?  Point A is seeing, and accepting, things as they are.  This is who I am, and things such as they are, right now.  This is what I look like, what my health is, how much love or anger I have, what my bank account is, what I weigh, where I work or my current unemployment, who I have in my life and who I don't, and how much energy or inertia I am working with. That's the beginning.  Point A.  Your starting point.   Acceptance is half the battle.  It may not feel good, or even manageable, but it is what it is.  Sometimes just allowing it to be what it is, and stopping the struggle of denial or exertion of resentment, is like a burden lifted.  It can be a relief and a realization of "Okay. There's that, now what?" Take pen to paper, or fingers to keypad, and put it in writing and explore what Point A means for you.  On paper, or on your hard drive, it becomes reality and a reference point.  Now...if Point A feels like a dark pit, choose to look up and focus on the light coming in.  There is always some crack that lets in the light.  That is worthy of a small smile, or at least a sigh of relief.  If Point A feels like standing facing a closed door, open the door.  If the door won't open, look for a window.  Can't locate a window?  Have a cup of  tea, muster a smile, and try the door again later.  If Point A feels like a launching pad, lucky you...take a deep breath, take a moment to focus, smile, and launch.