The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?" Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is. Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death." (18 Thomas)

What should we seek beginning or end? Origin or destiny?

The Jesus of Thomas clearly counsels giving greater attention to the beginning.

If we can find our original purposes and live out those purposes, then we need not be concerned with our ending.

I perceive we originate in God. I seek reconciliation with God.

I seek to close the circle rather than extend the line.