Share these poems about new beginnings with people who are starting on a new journey in life. New beginnings happen to each and every one of us over the course of a lifetime. A new beginning is a chance for a fresh start.
We all have milestones in life, graduation may be one of the first ones, but there are many - getting married, having children, changing jobs, retiring - the list
could go on and on. But no matter what your new beginning is your attitude toward it will always determine your success!
A fresh beginning, a new start,
I'm happy yesterday is no longer a part.
Exciting paths lay ahead of me.
With few uncertainties.
No clouds in my sky so blue.
My heart is filled with joy that's true.
My life is an open chapter to write
I see it as happy and bright!
Opportunity To Restart Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
As one door closes on our past,
We know, forever, nothing lasts.
Our future holds new wondrous sights;
New goals to set to reach new heights.
Though it may not feel familiar at the start,
New beginnings give us an opportunity to restart.
If you cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet,
Rocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet;
You can stand among the sailors
Anchored yet within the bay;
You can lend a hand to help them
As they launch their boat away.
If you are too weak to journey
Up the mountain steep and high,
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by;
You can chant in happy measure
As they slowly pass along;
Though they may forget the singer
They will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver
Ever ready to command;
If you cannot toward the needy,
Reach an ever-open hand;
You can visit the afflicted,
O'er the erring you can weep;
You can be a true disciple
Sitting at the Saviour's feet.
If you cannot in the harvest
Garner up the richest sheaves,
Many a grain both ripe and golden
Will the careless reapers leave;
Go and glean among the briers
Growing rank against the wall,
For it may be that their shadow
Hides the heaviest wheat of all.
Do not, then, stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do;
Fortune is a lazy goddess--
She will never come to you.
Go and toil in any vineyard,
Do not fear to do or dare;
If you want a field of labor
You can find it anywhere.
You may also want to use one of our goodbye poems
to say farewell to friends who will be moving on.
Tomorrow Holds A New Beginning
Author Unknown
Time flies. Whether we like it or not, these past years of school
have caused us to grow up and become young adults,
ready to go out into the world.
We are all starting from the same place,
but we are all going in different directions.
We strive to obtain the goals we set for ourselves by
using what we've learned from the past.
Change happens, the excitement of our senior year is replaced
with cherished moments and memories of the past.
Different goals have been set after accomplishing previous ones.
Looking back in ten, twenty, thirty years, there will be even more change
we see in ourselves than we do now.
Living in the present allows us to appreciate the past.
Change allows us to see the progression of ourselves as
a generation of individuals: then and now.
Encourage others by sharing some graduation sayings
that will inspire and motivate them.
The Last Day Poet: Unknown
To cherished hands of memory
We now must farewell speak,
But ’tis with sad and aching heart
That other climes we seek.
O’er the schoolroom and o’er campus
Our wistful gaze is cast,
Our days at school are numbered now
We’ve come now to the last.
But a new beginning is upon us
And forward will we march
With knowledge and a purpose
We will leave our mark.
We will always remember our days
And the friendships that we made
But we welcome the challenge of moving on
And working at our trade.
We hope you have found just the right words in these poems to share with the new graduate. Graduation, retirements, and the new year are truly life milestones and should be celebrated and recognized! And the realization that this is the first of many new beginnings as the journey of life takes us in many directions. No matter what change you are facing, even if it is one that you don't like, find the good in it, find the positive, and the new beginning will be easier.