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There is a western cultural split that suggests beginnings are good and endings are bad.

Endings are perceived as bad, sad and beyond our control.

Carrying too many 'bad' endings can impact new beginnings.

Having recently returned from a holiday in sunnier climes, to find myself reaching for the light switch and fluffy socks by 6pm, I’m beginning to mourn the end of summer. I, like many others, experience a genuine dip in mood that correlates with the waning sunlight. There are evolutionary explanations for this – it’s safer and more productive to be out in the daylight and to rest when its dark – but my feelings about the end of summer got me thinking about our collective mindset around endings and beginnings in general.

Generally speaking, there is a split in western cultural consciousness that suggests beginnings are good and endings are bad. We hear of a birth or someone entering a new relationship or being offered a new job and we think of it as a happy time of celebration and send congratulatory greetings. Beginnings are usually a time of hopefulness and anticipation, perhaps coloured with a healthy dose of........

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