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Day One

 Another year has begun, I am determined to make it a 22 caliber year. I plan to do this by going back to my first principles. 

Educate, motivate, protect, and lead with courage. 

Over the past years, I believe I have been making things too complicated. When I have been my most successful is when I have followed these first principles. 

I am going back to day one with my acting where my goal is simply to be the best student of acting there has ever been. By doing this I hope to achieve my remaining acting goals within the next five years. 

I am going back to day one with my speaking and disability advocacy as I have recognised while many people consider me a leader in this area, I know myself that I’m still not the best I can be and I am determined to join my voice to the many brothers and sisters with a disability who are trying to make a difference for our community. 

I am going back to day one with my poetry. I am going to join as many poetry groups as I can and continue to share my poetry widely not for fame but in the hope it will touch people in the community. 

I am going back to day one in terms of community leadership. I will continue to add my voice to the Labor Party in the hopes of creating a fairer nation. 

I will also continue to add my voice to anything that requires virtue to be stood up for if people need to be reminded of prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. 

I encourage everyone to look at the passing of every new year as an opportunity to go back to day one.



Day One


A new day has begun, signified by the rising of the sun.

It is glorious because anything is possible on day one.

A new start is poetic when it comes to me and my art.

I will strengthen my resolve to deal with my pain;

I will go through any crucible to gain. 


To motivate, educate, protect, and lead,

These are the things I will die for even bleed if I need. 

I will not strive for my name to be remembered; fame is no longer my goal.

I just want to help society as a whole  


Maybe these words will do the trick but they could easily disappear just as quick.

Maybe I will leave the world with the consolations of philosophy

But when it’s all said and done, a new day begins with the rising of the sun.

And we call it day one.


Chris Van Ingen | 11 January 2022


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