Beginnings

I was thinking this week about beginnings. About how, no matter how old you are, you are always beginning something: a new project, a new book, a new way of seeing the world, a new skill, a new exercise program - whatever it is, I think, by our nature, humans are always drawn to starting new things, to transforming, to beginning again. Actors in particular. At the start of any project, there's a new audition, a new piece to learn, a new cast to meet, a new character to create, beginning, beginning, beginning. It's always been rather frustrating to me, personally - all this beginning - can't we just be THERE already, can't it be DONE? And clearly, some things ARE done - you have to finish something to begin something new. But then comes the picking up and beginning again. I'm trying to shift my perspective, to see the beginning as a success and not a failure, as a natural progression and not an aberration. Life must be 25% beginning, 25% ending, and a good 50% muddling through the middle. So here I stand, at the beginning of the middle, looking forward to doing, finishing, and then... beginning again.