Tom Leu "seeing things" … perspectives on music, marketing, & motivation

begin an end

Like a lot of people, endings often make me sad. It’s been this way my whole life. Whether it’s the end of a vacation, a marriage, or a movie, the idea of something that was anticipated being over is depressing. It’s been said that the end of one era begins yet another. So to begin an end means to anticipate the conclusion of events, relationships, and seasons of life in advance. To prepare mentally for the inevitable. It’s not morbid, it’s practical.

Not all endings are bad of course. In fact, oftentimes they’re actually good things… just in disguise. Some things inevitably have to end in order for the benefits to finally come from them.

The band Semisonic puts it like this… “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” So instead of looking at something being finished as an ending, maybe we ought to look at it as the next beginning of something even better. Always the optimist, this notion appeals to me much more.

This anonymous quote sums it up nicely for me: “Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.” Begin an end where the end result is the beginning of your next new outcome.

©2009 Tom Leu