Doors close and doors open. What do we see when we are looking for the next door? I recently came across a quote that expressed this in the context of opening and closing doors in life.
Our journeys take us through many doors. Not all of the doors are positioned right in front of us. As in the above picture, they might be right next to us and we just haven’t adjusted our eyes to what is in right in front of us. If all we are doing is staring at the door we feel was slammed shut (even if it was gently closed or even if we ourselves closed the door) and don’t just turn our heads ever so slightly, we will miss the new opportunities in store as a result.
In my personal experience, it is much easier to dwell on the closed door, which was the sure thing I knew, than to go through the new door that would require me to take a risk into the unknown. Yet, once I went through the next open door, I found more often than not it was the entrance to a New Beginning and new opportunity. While the risks of the new did not disappear, once I was able to see the road ahead instead of anticipating all the negative because I was dwelling on the road behind, I was able to refocus and reflect on the positive potential of the new.
Every day can be an opportunity to enter a new space. All we have to do is shift our focus slightly and it might already be waiting for you to walk through.
May each of us continue to see the opportunities for growth and change and the opportunities that lie ahead along this topsy-turvy path of life.
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