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“I was looking for the key for years.
But the door was always open. “
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Aravind Adiga
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“But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away.
Not ever.
The only way out is in.”
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Junot Díaz
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“I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.”
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Virginia Woolf
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Ok.
This is about doors and opportunities and attitude.
Attitude?
Life almost demands that you have a little bit of a rogue in you <I just wanted to use the word rogue> in order to take advantage of all the doors you will encounter in Life.
I say that because if you wait for someone to hand you a key … or someone to put a sign on the door to say ‘this way’ you will end up standing in some hallway with all those hideous paintings you always see hanging in doctors’ offices staring at them for eternity … and going nowhere.
Assume you will not see all the doors <and some cannot be seen>.
Assume all doors are closed.
Assume all doors can be opened.
Assume all doors lead somewhere.
Assume all doors lead you out <not to run away> but they also always lead you in somewhere.
Assume once a door closes behind you it … well … locks.
Assume the doors you open and walk thru will not only open the way to new version of life but your choices can actually define you.
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“Maybe it’s not the doors that open in our lives, but the doors that close that define us.
That guide us.
Because they force us to move on. Instead of thinking about what we lose, look at what we can gain. “
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Katie Kacvinsky
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Here is what I know <not assume>.
Doors are a given in life. It is pretty much one of the few things you know will be there.
Door signs are not a given in life. It is pretty much one of the few things you know will not be there.
Opportunities will be limitless <in one sense> and limited <in another>.
Limitless in that the hallways of your life are strewn with doors. In fact … I would imagine there are so many you can be overwhelmed with choices.
Limited in that because it can be overwhelming you can focus on one door <with all the best intentions> only to find that we can become blinded to ones which open all on their own.
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“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.”
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Oh.
We should also remember that all these doors we see and open … well … may appear to doors crafted by the hands of Life … but for the most part are all in a home we build for ourselves.
Yup.
In general our lives are houses we build <they are not built for us>.
Therefore the doors & opportunities are controlled in some form or fashion by ourselves.
That is a thought we should all remember.
The other thought?
And while we build this house of ours … some of us are desperately bad builders and decorators.
Despite that … we need to remember … all homes have doors.
And doors open in … and out.
And you have to have the attitude to open some, leave some closed, leave some behind and walk through as many as you can <despite the fact you can’t really see what is behind the door>.
All I really know for sure is that Life is full of doors.
And I do not know for sure … but I imagine it helps if you have a little bit of a rogue in you in order to take advantage of all the doors you will encounter in Life.