It is the beginning of a new month.
It is the beginning of a new week for traditional Christians (and Roman Pagans who named today after their Sun God and early Christians said, "We can work with that, let's make it Sunday as the mini-celebration of the Light of the Son coming into the world.") and declared each Sunday a mini-Easter.
It is also the beginning of a new week for North Americans since our calendar reflects the views of our Christian founders, not the ISO standard for a calendar.
It is also Easter for us Christians. A strong sign to us that that Jesus-fellow wasn't deluded but actually a sign of a new covenant with God. A new beginning with God.
There are other special things about today:
It is April Fools
It is my company's anniversary (21 years old!)
and I have some friends born on this day.
So with so many new beginnings rolling into one day, I decided we should make this a new beginning day.
It is hard to think of new beginnings when I look around at my living and dining rooms which are piled high with stuff and boxes and bags. I'm in the middle of something HUGE right now, not the beginning (thank heavens!) nor the end.
But is a new beginning. As the saying goes, yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift, that's why we call it the present.
So what will you do with your present, your gift, your new beginning, today?