We have all had at least one of those experiences in life when you have your sights set so emphatically on one door to open for you. We sit daily, staring at that door, willing the knob to turn, the hinges to creak, the slightest bit of light to seep through as it swings open for us. Sometimes, though, that door is just not meant for us. It is a pathway that is best left closed - or perhaps there is another entrance to that path from another hallway.
We tend to get all muddled up in the fact that this door won't open. Why are we shut off? Why are we not allowed? What did we do? What didn't we do? Why can't I have the key?
Sometimes, however, the best possible thing we can do is to actually find the door that already stands ajar and walk that way. You never really know where that entrance may lead you. You may traverse an entirely new space and realize that THIS was where you were meant to be all along. You may find that this new open avenue leads you to a far more expansive opportunity. You may find that this course is not as bumpy, stressful, and anxiety-ridden as sitting and waiting for that first door to open.
Do not become so fixated on one closed door that you do not see the open one across the room. For that matter, try a window! You never really know which outlet will provide you with the most beneficial path. That first tentative step, in faith, may lead to magical things beyond your initial anticipation.
OK, I can't resist.
ReplyDeleteI have a funny desk calendar that was given to me by a friend.
Earlier this week, the message was:
"Every time a door closes, another opens somewhere else. I think it's, like, an air pressure thing."
Love you!
Ann @ ACH