In the beginning.

That’s an interesting statement considering that we all have a beginning.

A starting line if you will.

Someplace where we can recall in our mind that for us is the beginning of our life.

It’s not in the womb and it’s probably not within the first couple of years, but we have this beginning storyline.

This starting line that we feel dictates who we are or who we deserve to become. 

When I think about this concept, I think about racers.

It might be a marathon racer or a sprint racer. Heck almost any type of racer will do for this analogy.

Any type of person who comes to a starting line and gets ready in their position.

A person who then holds that position until they hear the gunshot or the bell or the whistle to begin the race.

Then they run the race as fast and passionately as possible.

Are you running the race or are you stuck in the starting blocks? Paralyzed by your beginning?

You should know your starting position has nothing to do with if you’re going to win or lose this race of life.

It has nothing to do if there’s going to be an injury along the way.

It has nothing to do with the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows of the race that is life.

It has nothing to do with the race that’s about to ensue.

It simply is the starting line.

But imagine thinking to yourself, because I lined up that way.

Because I set up that way.

Because I started this way.

There’s no way that I can win the race!

To be honest, that’s just crazy to think of that way. 

It’s every step.

It’s every stride.

It’s every movement of the muscles that will get you to the end of that race.

So start running!

It’s every thought that you have for every step you take.

It’s how you push harder, push further, push faster, that will get you to your victorious finish line.

It’s the combination, the synchronicity of the body and the mind, realizing that the beginning was just the beginning.

But every step, every stride you take to fulfill this journey that you are on gets you to that finish line, to that goal. 

We put so much weight on where we start because we can see it.

It’s easy to do because we’ve been there!

But most times what we don’t put the weight on is the future because we can’t see it.

It’s unseen therefore we’re not sure of what it will be.

However, we can know what it’s going to be by what we do every day, by every step of the race, by every moment of the journey.

By our actions.

I want you to stop and think about why you put so much power on something that is truly so insignificant? 

I think about my own life when I am talking about beginnings. 

I started in a one-room log cabin in Lincoln, Montana.

I started with a family that was divorced and separated before that became the cultural norm.

I started in a small rural town where at one point I r...