This is an episode of a special series of Poems for the Speed of Life titled "Beginnings".

Today's poem is "For a New Beginning" by John O'Donohue.

John O’Donohue was a great Irish spiritual leader, teacher, theologian and philosopher who continues to find new audiences all over the world more than 15 years after his passing at just 54 years of age.

Three earlier John O’Donohue poems have featured on this podcast. You can find "Beannacht" in Episode 17, "On the Death of the Beloved" in Episode 95 and "A Christmas Blessing" in Episode 199.

You can find those episodes by searching the archives of this show in your podcast player.

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Finally, if this is your first time here, we encourage you to go back to listen two earlier episodes for more context on this project.

In Episode 200, "A New Era for Poems for the Speed of Life", you will hear of the new direction for this podcast as we moved into 2024.

One of the key pieces of that is a new series-based approach, and this series, "Beginnings", starting in February 2024, is the first of those.

And in Episode 100, "Why Poems for the Speed of Life?", you will hear more about the mission of this podcast.

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