Discourse on Beginning

“The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese

Seeker: What do you mean ?

Maladkar: The author of the quote simply means that unless you begin you will never ever enjoy the meaning of life. Life is in living, life is in beginning. Beginning of new ideas, new ventures. In beginning there is growth, there is happiness, there is liveliness, there is life, there is joy. If you don’t begin then you are as dead as the rock. Your life begins when you begin. With newness in your eyes, you bring about the change that you wish to see. Life is to be lived to the fullest. So why live like a statue ? Life is a movement. Life is going forward. Stagnation is nothing short of death. So let’s enjoy life when we are alive and lets go ahead in life with fresh fragrance. For that to happen, one has to begin! Old fragrance smells, so what we need in life is freshness of thoughts. When you are fresh you will look more beautiful. Once when one begins he can bring in lots of change. Hence, the author says that to begin is the true joy in life !