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As I look at another new door (month) and the progress I have made with my focus word, abundance, I realized that there are enough doors for everyone.
Having an abundance attitude means that we can open ourselves to the possibilities for ourselves and for others. That we can and should support our family, friends, coworkers and neighbors.
It is through sharing and helping others that we truly grow.
Whereas in August my post theme was light, September has been about doors if you have not realized that yet. So, it seemed fitting to share this quote from Tom Stoppard since we are getting close to exiting another month.
Think about how many times you enter and exit a door daily or even weekly or how about monthly. If you are working remotely or back to your office, think about the doors you use to exit those locations. Does that act of exiting have any meaning to you or is it just something you do on autopilot?
This quote came into my life about a year ago, and it was so appropriate at the time. Not from a literal sense, but figuratively. There were changes that were happening at that time and some decisions that had to be made about some “things” I needed to exit from.
I started contemplating this quote again this week as I changed its location in my planner. We are in times that are presenting us with exits. And, as with all things, we can choose how we look at things. Yes, you may be exiting something, yet the new entry or door could open to just what you needed. So instead of closing the door behind you think of it as opening the door into something new.
I cannot wait to use this as my new way of being mindful of exits.
Last week I wrote about finding another door. Today’s quote from Milton Berle, suggests that you also can be the architect of your own door.
Again, if you are stuck and are unable to find the right door for you, embrace it and go about building you own opportunities. Sometimes we need to change our approach to move forward. Sometimes we need to create our own opportunities and/or become aware of the ones that are there being blocked by the closed door.
So, do you need to build your own door? What will you construct it of?
Do you keep knocking on the same door, but it does not open? Do you keep attempting the same goals? Do you keep trying to fix the same relationship? Do you continually attempt to get that promotion? And nothing.
“Maybe it’s not your door.” My search did not reveal an author for this quote. But even so it a tiny but mighty.
How many times do we get stuck, knocking on the same door repeatedly? We hope that the door will swing open somehow if we just work hard enough at it. And once it does open everything with miraculously change for you.
If you keep beating on the door, you just wear yourself out and get nowhere. If you cannot find the key, you create anxiety trying to find the correct one. Maybe it might be time to realize that door was meant to stay closed.
It you find yourself stuck in front of that same door constantly, try finding a new door that is truly meant for you to go through.
You deserve more. Find a new door that help you get unstuck and that opens to the possibilities that were meant for you, your life.
OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE
What do you see in the word above?
Most of us immediately lock onto one perspective and remain fairly confident in our findings.
Did you see?
You may have chosen the first answer or the second and did even consider the possibility that there is another point of view: Opportunity I snow here.
Opportunities abound if we seek them out or are open to them. Are you wearing blinders and not seeing the choices and chances you have?
If you are stuck and unable to see the opportunities that are available to you, working with a life coach can help. Contact me for a free 30-minutes introductory session.