
Being rich doesn't mean you are happy.
Being a successful person in life is a big challenge.
Being a doctor doesn't mean you are smart.


The sense of "being" at the start of a sentence depends on its context.

In all the sentences being has been used as a gerund. Being rich, being a doctor, and being a successful person are gerund clauses that are subjects of the sentences.

These sentences imply as follows:


If/when you are  rich, it doesn't mean you are happy.
If/when you are a doctor, it doesn't mean you are smart.
It is a big challenge to be a successful person in life.


You can also use to-infinitive instead of being, but the use of the to-infinitive isn't so common.

Besides, in the construct of some sentences, being is also used to express a reason or cause as an alternative to because, since, or as.  For example:

Being the youngest, Sara is her father's favourite.

What does 'being' mean at the first of a sentence?
I had a Linux/Apache server in my house, a domain name hosted by 1and1 which points to my Comcast public IP (testing only, I know I am not allowed to host a site), and a D-Link router which forwards port 80 to the Linux server.  Everything was working perfect.

I then bought a new Linksys router, and things stopped working.

Upon troubleshooting, I found that my home IP no longer matched the IP set in 1and1.  Furthermore, the IP set in 1and1 is located hundreds of miles away.

Is this normal?  How often will the IP change?  Is there anything I can do to prevent?
