“The book of life is open when we are born, and it closes with our death. We write in it continuously, but no matter how much we write, what joy or sorrow we experience or what mistakes we have made, we will always turn the page, and tomorrow’s page is always blank.” — Lillith Hallmark in Dragons of the Highlord Skies
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I came across this passage during my bedtime reading last night, and it really caught me and made me think. That happens every once in awhile when I’m reading fiction — and I read a lot of fiction at night — but for some reason this time I felt I had to write something about it.
It’s such a cool sentiment that no matter what happened today, tomorrow starts with a clean page. And if you don’t particularly like what you did today, when you wake up in the morning you can alwasy set about changing it and moving in a new direction. Every day really does bring a new beginning; a new life if we choose to accept it. And we can use it to continue in the same direction as we’ve gone in the past, or we can go off in a new direction, in search of a new adventure.
The blank page really resonates with me. I never realized how much until this morning when I looked at my desk with the laptop shut off and pushed back into the corner. Front and centre was a fresh yellow notepad just waiting for me to make a fresh start. The whole idea of having a fresh start is what motivates me to get up and write and work every morning. My blank pages fill up with the steps along the journey that leads me to my fresh start.
My goal for the foreseeable future is to wake up in a new house in a new town with a view of the sea where I can start my day by writing “I am home.” My goal for today is to fill the blank page with the steps I took to get me closer to making my new beginning a reality.