Welcome to the Gathering Pod, the audio version of my weekly gathering room broadcast.

I'm Martha Beck.

So we're beginning another gathering room or Gathering Pod if you're listening to this later.

And beginning, that's a thing.

It's a difficult thing, but it's also a very important thing.

Now, there is a quote that is attributed to Wolfgang Goethe.

Is that his first name?

Gerta?

Anyway, he said, whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius,

power and magic in it. Ooh, that just makes you want to begin something, right? It means that

beginning itself is like a box that has genius power and magic in it. And if you just unlock it, all these

riches will pour out. And I believe that that is true. However, there's a lot of resistance to

beginning. I have found this to be true in my own life. And I've also found it to be true that

no matter how many times you begin, you always have to begin again.

Like what happens if you write a book and it goes out there and even does well?

You have to begin another book.

What happens if you finish a project?

Yay, celebration.

You'll probably begin another project. What happens if you begin a project. Yay, celebration. You'll probably begin another project. What happens if you

begin a relationship? Yay, wonderful. But you're going to have more relationships of all kinds

throughout your life. So there's always going to be a beginning going on somewhere.

And beginnings are fraught with confusion and hesitation and mistakes. I think that's why Gerta had to say to

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