{"id":1103,"date":"2023-09-24T15:32:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T15:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2023-09-27T02:21:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T02:21:13","slug":"beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Beginning-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Beginning-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Beginning-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Beginning-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">When was the last time you began something new?&nbsp;For me, as a teacher, the season of fall brings a new school year and a chance to start fresh in many ways.&nbsp; The old year falls away like the leaves on the trees, and I begin again&#8230; For others, perhaps, this is simply a day like any other, the predictable and mundane continuing from one day to the next. Some of you may be very confident in where you are at in your life and your career. For me, I feel like each new day is a tiny step in the right direction.&nbsp; We all experience new beginnings at some point in our lives. Trust in your own journey. Don&#8217;t compare your beginning to someone else&#8217;s middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-black-color has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\">\n\n<strong>Beginning<\/strong>\nBy Krista Longeway\n\nYou start a journey of your own\nYour face turned towards the bright sun\nEach day you take a few steps more\nThen you rest when the day is done\n\nYou walk over hill and valley\nIn times of sun and times of rain\nStriving towards that distant peak\nThough you may struggle and feel pain\n\nBut in the end you will stand tall\nUpon that distant mountaintop\nLooking down upon the valleys\nSo you push on and never stop\n\nToday you start this long journey\nWhere others have traveled before\nYou should not compare your progress\nThough they may seem to have done more\n\nYour own journey may start slowly\nAnd your first steps may seem little\nBut don\u2019t compare your beginning\nTo someone else\u2019s middle\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time you began something new?&nbsp;For me, as a teacher, the season of fall brings a new school year and a chance to start fresh in many ways.&nbsp; The old year falls away like the leaves on the trees, and I begin again&#8230; For others, perhaps, this is simply a day like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autumn","category-new-beginnings","category-uncategorized","category-quiet-reflection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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