Today is a delightful double ending
The last day of the week and of the month means double emotions
I feel like the double rainbow guy.
Today is a double conclusion—of the week and of the month. Before I enthuse about it all, I can’t help but re-share this video with the fresh knowledge of this joyful man’s passing. In a year full of endings, I hope he knew he was a treasure. 🌈🌈
Here we are—a double gift of endings, which always bring about new beginnings. The weight of “how lucky we are” rests on my shoulders, but it is not a burden.
Instead I’m taking up the mantle of personal accountability—who was I this week, who was I this month? Do I want to continue that energy into my next steps? The easy things, like “I could drink less and get more sunshine,” spring to mind while the heavier things, the things that are heavy with truth, sink into my stomach.
But there is joy in offering yourself honesty, even when it’s difficult. There is peace in ending and pain in starting—and vice versa. Things that only living through them can teach us. Peace and pain, if you’ll permit another metaphor, are the concentric rainbows that shine above the mountains and valleys of our lives. They offer light, they add color.
So carry them both with you today, as you conclude, and use them as divining stones for tomorrow’s beginnings. Even when the starts are as simple as a new day, a new week, or a new month: those beginnings count, too, if you let them. Everything, natural phenomena included, is a circle anyway.
Double rainbow—complete.
Next Steps: Drink a glass of water, get stoked for Friday, and contribute to a rent fund because beginnings aren’t always affordable.