Monday, April 21, 2025 — The Art of Starting Over
Week’s Theme (April 21-25): Becoming Again
The Tears you’ve cried
Til no goodbyes
Let it be for you
—Excerpt from Let It Be…For You by Rita Lynn Berry
Words of Light
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?”
—Isaiah 43:19 (KJV)
Reflection
Starting over can feel like failure—like you lost something, missed something, broke something.
But what if starting over is not punishment…
but a permission?
A divine permission to begin again with more wisdom, more clarity, and more wholeness than before.
God says, “Behold, I will do a new thing.”
That’s not just about new circumstances.
It’s about a new you. A you who knows better.
A you who sees more clearly.
A you who doesn’t have to explain why you’ve changed.
We are allowed to become—again and again.
And becoming doesn’t require permission from anyone but God and your soul.
This week, you are invited to return to yourself.
Not to what you were, but to what is still possible.
You’ve cried your tears.
You’ve sat in the shadows.
You’ve questioned your path.
But now—
Let it be for you.
The new vision.
The softened heart.
The sacred risk.
Let it all be for you.
- Where in your life are you being invited to begin again?
- What beliefs about failure or starting over are you ready to release?
- What would it feel like to trust that the next chapter is for you?
Affirmation
I give myself permission to start over.
This time, I begin with grace, trust, and full alignment.
With Becoming,
Rita
Rita Lynn Berry, EdS, LCMHC
Therapist | Poet | Author | Creator of Journey to Me™
© 2025 Rita Lynn Berry. All rights reserved.
Rita Lynn Berry, EdS, LCMHC, is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and the founder of NewVision Counseling and Consulting Services, PLLC. She is also the creator of the Journey to Me™ program and Mend n Muse Media™, where she shares tools and reflections that support healing, resilience, and self-love.