New Beginnings

By Dr. Christine Depre – Body-Chaos.com
“Even in the cracks, new life grows.”

There’s something about starting over that feels both terrifying and freeing. Maybe it’s the silence after you’ve closed a door you were never meant to stay behind. Maybe it’s the way your heart skips when you realize you get to try again — differently this time.

I’ve had my fair share of new beginnings. Some I chose. Some were chosen for me. And some came after life shattered everything I thought I needed to stand. But every single one came with a lesson I didn’t know I needed — that starting over isn’t failure. It’s grace.

New beginnings don’t always look glamorous. Sometimes they look like a single prayer whispered through tears. Sometimes it’s moving boxes into a place that doesn’t yet feel like home. Sometimes it’s showing up to a job that scares you because you know you’ve outgrown the last one.

For me, new beginnings have always started in small, holy moments — the quiet “I can do this” whispered to myself, the first deep breath after deciding to let go, the morning I finally saw light after a long night of questioning everything.

It’s not about pretending the past didn’t happen. It’s about giving yourself permission to believe that you still get to happen — fully, beautifully, imperfectly.

So here’s to new beginnings.
The ones that don’t make sense yet.
The ones that hurt before they heal.
The ones that remind you that God is still writing, even when you thought the chapter was done.

Because the truth is, sometimes the most powerful new beginning doesn’t start with a plan — it starts with surrender.