An Ocean Jasper amidst a Sea of Gemstones. Tempting & Triangular!

Start

Some of today was spent spreading out gemstones, sketching jewellery designs and deciding on what I’ll be creating over the coming months. It’s been fabulous.

It’s a sort of beginning, so made me think about starting new things. About energy. About projects, tasks and challenges that are sometimes looking us squarely in the face saying,

“come on, get started!”

It made me think about keeping up momentum.

Ready, Set, Go

Starting out on a new project often requires a fair bit of effort. Especially if you’re standing still right now and planning to get up some speed in one direction or another.

Before you know it, though, things start to feel easier. You’ve got a bit of speed up, some momentum helping to drive you forward. Hey, sometimes there are are even downhill stretches where you can stop pedalling and start free-wheeling!

But watch out …

A friend once recounted how she’d hopped off her bike one day to push it; the hill she was cycling up was too steep. Soon, the road ahead flattened out and she could easily have begun pedalling again, but she just kept walking. It was effortless.

Then the road started to slope downhill and still she walked alongside her bike.

I’m so glad she snapped out of her trance-like state, cycled back and told me the story.

It made me think.  About starting.  About momentum.