T.S. Elliot - What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from
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Welcome to The Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, for May 29th. Now, I don’t want to talk trash... but today is Learn About Composting Day. Yes, a whole day dedicated to turning your kitchen scraps into garden gold. If you've never stared lovingly at a pile of rotting banana peels and thought, “This is the future,” then today might just open your eyes. Composting is all about transformation — taking the old, the discarded, the downright stinky — and turning it into something useful, something life-giving. And that brings us to today’s quote from T.S. Elliot, who once said:
“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”
Now, Eliot wasn’t thinking about compost heaps when he penned those words — but honestly, they fit like a glove that’s been buried in your garden and unearthed a season later. Composting is a literal cycle of endings and beginnings. That leftover apple core? It’s not waste — it’s a future tomato. Maybe. In your life, too, there are things you’ve probably labeled as over. A job. A relationship. A habit. But just like compost, those endings can be reworked into fertile ground for new growth. You just have to be willing to let things break down, sit for a while, and transform.
So today, take a moment to appreciate the beauty of decomposition — in your garden, and maybe in your own journey. Because from the messiest endings come the most nourishing beginnings.
That’s it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now but I'll be back tomorrow, same pod time, same pod station with another Daily Quote.