life

As life shifts into the next chapter you are left to cope with that new change. One door closes behind you and down a few feet of the twisting corridor of life is the next one. But that next door doesn't just swing open the instant another closes, the knob begins to turn but not all the way, it merely waits for you to come and pry it open. There are choices, you can regress back, turn back and push your way through the door that just closed and hide in everything that is familiar and safe, or you can muster up the courage that exists in your chest and march down that small section of the corridor and pull at that door that is waiting for you. It may not be easy to get into, your fingers can blister with the force with which you hold that door knob that is so reluctant to open for you. Sometimes you have no choice but to move forward despite your reluctance and in those moments you can either make the best of it or you can waste it by dragging you feet and moaning about it. Life changes quickly and when you get through that next door it can be a great victory or it can be unpleasant. It depends on how you take it.