A New Beginning

By Glory Obiekwe – MMM novice

The sun rises slowly at dawn

At the break of a new day

The cock crows loudly at dawn

To announce the news of a new day

I must get up, I must arise.

I must stand up with strength and vigour

I must clean up my sleepy eyes

I must face today with a strong spirit

Yesterday was rough and tough.

It gave me wrinkles and pimples.

Yesterday was thorny and crooked.

It gave me a hard time walking through.

Today is a new day

Today is a new beginning

I shall rise to this new dawn

I shall stand up to this new era

I will not let the fear of yesterday

To hinder my Joy of today

I will not let the worries of yesterday

To stop me from shining with the sun of today

I will walk in the path of today with trust

I will flow with the sweetness of the new day

I will sing along with the happy birds

A new day has come, A NEW BEGINNING.

“Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.”

– St. Catherine of Siena

“A wonderful gift to cultivate for your work … patience and a great sense of humour.”
— Mother Mary Martin (1952)

Sometimes in the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, / We can hear the whisper in the heart / Giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.
— Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart

“Mother Mary could always get things done. I think perhaps that apart from her spirituality she was a bit hypnotic”

“I trust God absolutely. The past is in God’s hands, so is the future and present.”

– Mother Mary Martin (1934)