The Starting Line

 A race starts at the starting line, not in the middle.  Cheaters enter the race in the middle.  Their reward is as fake as they are.  Every day, spiritual development has a starting point.  It is humility. This is where I am.  There is more to do.  I try to start my day, the race motif, if you will, with humility and gratitude that I even have the energy, desire, and willingness to get going to become a better person.  Pride does not need to become better.  It is already the “best.”  With humility at the start, I am less likely to judge others, or to expect super-human from myself.  Just one step at a time to get better, and not worse.  The day is a gift.  God, my Power, must have a plan.  Prayer opens me to it.  Humility says I need this Power.  Don’t rush out of bed as if you have missed the start of something.  Humility is the start.