Change...

Flora Whittemore said, "The doors we open and close decide the lives we live." After reading this quote for the first time, I agreed that our choices determine who we are as individuals. After I read it a couple more times, I dug a little deeper and visualized the statement. My mind created a building full of doors, all of them unlocked, some hanging wide open and others cleary shut.

One problem with this quote that I am able to relate to my life is that an individual has to open or close doors for any outcome to occur. For years now, I have allowed myself to walk around this "building full of doors" and have not opened or closed any of them. I know I'm not alone in this process because I don't have to look very far within my friends and family to find others struggling with the same problem. The scary issue about all of this is that I don't believe most people in this situation even realize what they're doing. The physical act of opening and closing doors take effort. Sometimes I believe people feel like opening or closing a door is going to take more effort than it truly does and so they wander the hallway passing doors on both sides, ignoring changes and decisions around them. Our minds fill up with thoughts of a door with a handful of padlocks, locks, and stuff blocking entry on the other side. Don't continue to fear change until you put forth an effort to open or close some doors. Commit yourself to physically stepping up to a doorway that you know needs opened or shut and muster up the efforts to be able to decide the life you live. Live life, don't let yourself waste it away.