Cycles

My culture describes cycles as having beginnings, middles, and ends. It further prioritizes middles. I am invited to avoid beginnings because they are sometimes equated with stress. I am invited to avoid endings because they are sometimes described only as loss. Without endings there can be no new beginnings, and my experience has taught me that the possible stress and loss can be made meaningful through how I choose to take up these new possibilities. Today, I will be paying attention to the invitations I receive form my culture, and noticing when they do and don't resonate with my experience.