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2001-04-29 - 8:08 p.m. When One Door Closes - Unknown When one door closes, we always hope another one will open. There are times however, when every door slams shut and your keys don't fit the locks in any of them. Take heart. You haven't run out of road. There comes a time when you need to be still, when your pattern of rushing and running through the next available door has run its unsuccessful course, and you are forced to stop and take stock of your life. The key to the next door is no longer in your ready hand. It's hidden deep in your heart. Retrieving it isn't an easy task. Nor is it meant to be. We gather a lot of junk in our travels, hanging on to bits and pieces of people and circumstances we've encountered along the way. Whole sets of luggage are filled with disappointments, regrets, let downs, put downs, poor choices, past hurts, warranted and unwarranted worries. The clutter makes it impossible to see and hear and think and feel clearly. Then, one day, we find ourselves sitting on that large pile of baggage, facing a bunch of closed doors and wondering why we can't find an open one to drag ourselves and all our junk through. It's time to change your course, lighten the load and let go. What's happened in the past, belongs in the past. Carrying it with you and allowing it to taint your future, serves no good purpose. You are capable of changing and rearranging the way you do things. The sound of slamming doors is your signal to stop, sit down, take a break, take a look at the lessons from he past, learn from them and figure out a better plan. In the face of those closed doors, a realization strikes, the dawning of a new thought breaks free. You deserve better.
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