The feeling is less like an ending than just another starting point.
A lot depends on the starting point.
Sex is a good starting point for everything.
Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion
God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it.
Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.
The search for religion is the starting point of thought.
Watching the ball is always a good starting point.
The starting point is a question.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point from which one must begin.