Men have always determined their course of travel by the lay of the land and by the watch of the stars.  Long before the days of maps and computer tracking systems, man understood by the conditions of the weather, by the feel of the sea, and by the activities of animals that travel was to be a careful thing. In this lesson, A Place At The Beginning, Those who are willing to spend some investment in a beginning will ultimately find that the Cross becomes a Crown.  It is not uncommon at all for the beginning of an endeavor to began with pain.