Sliding doors

14th April
2008
written by Will
I have never seen the movie (not even sure if it is any good), but the name of the movie and the plot of the movie is very fitting for this post. I am always amazed in life how when one door closes, another door seems to open up. I have had this happen to me numerous times throughout my life, but I do not always realize it at first, but eventually I come around. Its sometimes too easy to wonder why a certain thing just happened (typically it is first perceived as a bad thing, after all do we really question when good things happen?) and we become so focused on why it happened that we may miss the door that just opened in front of us.
Example: I had been working on something for quite some time with the guidance from someone who was very knowledgeable, successful and genuinely interested in what I was doing. Just when it looked like all the hard work that we both (well more me) had put into it was going to payoff, the relationship ended, abruptly, with no explanation whatsoever. Just like that, the door closed. Unlike other times in my life, I did not sit around and ponder why, I just moved on. Before I knew it, the one door that closed forced many more to open. I was given a gift, but it did not seem like it at that moment. At that moment, all I saw were things fading away, but like I said, this time I just moved on.
It is about taking chances, keeping your eyes wide open, looking around the next corner, you never know what you will find. If we spend all our time wondering why that door closed, we cannot see all the others that are opening up as a result. As a result of that door closing, it forced me to take a chance and put myself out there again. I took a chance on introducing myself to a complete stranger (well, I was introduced by a friend), but that chance is yet another open door for me.
I have a friend who recently made a major life decision, he moved away from where he was currently living because he needed a change, needed new scenery. Some doors had closed for him and an opportunity for him to relocate and get a new job and a fresh start presented itself. He saw that open door and took a chance, and I know he is happier as a result. By taking a chance and walking through that open door, he found many more waiting for him. In fact, because of walking through that first open door, he may be able to fulfill his current life goal by taking a chance and walking through another open door.

Life is confusing, there is no doubt about that. We all have our ways of making sense out of it (well at least sense as it pertains to yourself) and for me, sliding doors is the sense that I have come up with. To me, everything happens for a reason (even the bad things) and if you take each thing as it comes and move past it, you may be surprised what you find on the other side.

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