Beginning

04 09,2021

I’m not sure I believe in solid beginnings, or middle or ends any more. I’m much more of a mind that we look at the thing before us and like a conductor in front of an orchestra poised to play, we tap our baton to mark the moment and say, ‘Here. This is where we begin.’

Roseanne cash, composed

In some ways this one is a late beginning.  This one came sometime in January 2021.  The last several books I’d been reading had stirred a prevailing wind blowing my thoughts in the direction of Peace and Power, and especially the redefinition of each.  The promise of Peace, not as relative to outer conditions or events, but as a continuous state is as accessible as remembering. This has long been my devotion and pursuit.  About the same time in January, I registered (for a second time) to take an online course offered annually by Michael Neill.  It’s called Creating the Impossible. A short description of the program is that one brings in an idea for a project that’s at least 80% impossible to complete within the 90 days of the program.  My idea was to create a non-profit that I would call, Speaking Peace to Power.  Since I know nothing about starting a non-profit, it would certainly qualify as 80% impossible!  I knew something about what I wanted to offer by creating it though.  After much spinning and swirling I decided to write a manifesto to gain a foothold and hopefully, some order and forward motion.

In order to write a manifesto, I need to understand what Speaking Peace to Power wants to do when it grows up.  What it stands for is clear, so here’s where the idea of a blog first came about.  I need to do a little creative clearing and exploring to see and hear what I need to know, before the inspired action comes, and then follow the next thing in the direction that this project wants to go, or until it goes in another direction.

The first endpoint I’ve set in this path to creating the impossible is to establish this blog site, then post the written wanderings,… and listen.  Just listen.  For insight, for clarity, for fresh new understanding about what’s next.  It’s not exactly a solid beginning.  There are 10 or so posts that have come before this one.  I’d been writing and wandering around this idea for a few months when I decided to get invested in these ideas and generate an actual outcome.  Roseanne Cash, in Composed, also says ‘…beginnings often come from a clear decision to end.’  In this case, it’s an ending that comes with a direction, a commitment to create the impossible project.

So, “Here. This is where we begin.”