The Big E – Endings Are Beginnings

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160 – The Annual, 2023-24

By Elaine Lessig

It all depends on how you look at life. Is the cup half-empty, or is it half-full? Today, is it partly sunny, or is it partly cloudy? Endings and beginnings are just the same. We see them as happy or sad, promising or disappointing, exciting or scary. However we internalize the starts and finishes as we go along our own paths makes a huge difference. Did you look forward to the end of school each year? Finally, there was no homework to do, but lots of time at the beach. Maybe the reverse was true for you? You loved school with all the educational and social advantages it offered. Summer, on the other hand, just wasn’t as exciting.

The line between endings and beginnings is often blurry. You start watching a great series on Netflix that covers several seasons. It is amazing. The plot continues to pull you in with every shock and surprise. Now, you are binge watching it, desperate to get to the final episode. You get to the place on the page to hit continue, but, oh no, you have come to the end of the season. Now you have to wait until the new episodes drop, whenever that is. Which better describes you at that moment: sad it’s over or eager for more?

On this sunny end of autumn afternoon, I think of an imminent ending and beginning we all share, saying good bye to 2023 as 2024 slips into focus. It’s the quintessential time to look backward and forward. What were the highlights of 2023? Where were the good times? How did we handle the tough ones that came our way? When did we notice how much things have changed? Are there ways to fix our problems, maintain the qualities we respect, and remain open to new ideas? Are we able to do that?

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160 – The Annual, 2023-24

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