Story of the Phoenix

In rebuilding our lives, it can be said that we are personifying the legend of the Phoenix.  By its mytholical definition, a Phoenix is "a bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes," according to dictionary.com.  Therefore, the story of the Phoenix is one of renewal and regeneration - which is exactly what we are doing in rebuilding our lives. 
In truth, the Phoenix is a fitting mascot for anybody starting life anew andit has been since way before this blog ever came about.  In Joseph W. Walt's essay, The Story of the Phoenix, he surmises "Thus the phoenix, born of fire out of the ashes, became the symbol of resurrection and eternal life." Today, let's recognize this symbol as OUR symbol of resurrection.  Just like the Phoenix, let us be grateful that we didn't have to perish in order to be reborn.  Whether we are teens or octogenarians, we are babies in our new life.  We have just arisen from the ashes and we are now, slowly becoming comfortable in our own skin again because the familiar old us is dead and gone but

, just like in the Pharrell/Daft Punk song Get Lucky, "Like the legend of the Phoenix all ends with beginnings."