ALL BEGINNINGS ARE DIFFICULT

The following is a nice vort I found from "The Weekly Aliyot"

Our sages tell us that you have to dig in the Torah and you will find truth. 
As an example, the final letters of the first three words of the Torah are 
the mixed up letters of the word Emes (True). Dig a little deeper, and the 
truth will be clearer: The final letters of the second through fourth words 
spells Emes in order.

To that I would add: "All beginnings are difficult." (Mekhilta Yitro, 
"Bachodesh" 2)
Once you are able to get past the beginning in the search for truth, the 
truth becomes clearer.

Also, it's not until you see the whole word that you realize in the end, the 
truth has to emerge. If, God forbid, it doesn't emerge, then there will be 
tohu vavohu (desolation and waste) and v'choshech al p'nei t'hom; there'll 
be darkness to the depths of our souls.

You might note that "choshech" is a palindrome in Hebrew (chof, shin, chof). 
"Darkness" is darkness, no matter which way you spell it. 

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