As Good A Place As Any To Start

Here begins a chronicle of the coming years of my life.

Tomorrow morning, I move to Berkeley, California, to begin life as a student again at the Pacific School of Religion.  I left behind a good job at Walmart almost three months ago, and now I leave behind a good apartment and good life in Petaluma to follow where my heart tells me to go.  Seminary should take three years, and beyond is quite unknown.

Life, as always, is tumultuous.  I could not have guessed this direction a year ago or a decade ago (coincidentally, a time when I was starting as a new student again, in college).  Strangely, I'm not apprehensive about the coming challenges.  Time will tell if I meet them, but I stand here ready to take them on, and I suppose that's as good a start as any.

This space will tell my tale in more ways than one.  Of course, the basic day-to-day happenings of my life will be related, as well as one could.  But also there will be musings on issues of the day that weigh on my mind, or exploration of deeper thoughts, trying to explore my own context in the larger world, spiritual or not.  And, perhaps, an effort to work on and improve my writing, creatively.

I chronicle this future not for you, dear reader, though I do hope you will come along for the ride.  Instead, I want something I can look back upon days, weeks, months, years from now, to see where I came from and where I'm going.  I welcome any and all input from family, friends, and passers-by.

We can only know we've grown by looking back to see where we came from.  To new beginnings!