When one door closes, another opens… Or another five or ten open…but only when that one door closes.
Sometimes we don’t know what that one door is.
Sometimes we do know but do nothing about it. We do nothing about it because we need the promise of another door opening first.
Sometimes we see so many things in the way of closing that door, it is easier not to. Sometimes we are too tired to even try.
But this I know:
If you close that door with love and a positive attitude, you won’t need proof of the doors opening and those obstacles…well, they are just dust under your feet as you head out and quietly close that door behind you.
Love your self enough to no longer be bound by the expectations of others, to reject the hurtful moments when you had to deny yourself, to have to resign yourself to the ‘inevitable’; love your self enough to know you are worthy of all that your soul desires.
And the positive attitude…?
- Be open to possibilities… those that even you, intelligent as you are, have never contemplated or would have even considered.
- Be curious, say ‘yes’ to opportunities, to those things you’ve always wanted to but didn’t think you could.
- Do these things for the love of them with joy of presence.
- Be accepting of the not-known. The doors that are opening will appear when the moment is right, when you have said ‘yes’ enough times to what you love.
~ FlorenceT
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I so loved this, and agree wholeheartedly.
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Thanks Michelle ☺. Hope you are enjoying your weekend!
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I am. I was just tilling up some earth to make garden boxes. I am beat. One point for Mother Nature.
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Beautiful reminder. 🙂
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Thank you ☺.
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Lovely thoughts, Florence. Thank you for sharing. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks, Suzanne! 😊
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Needed this. Thank you.
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Then I am glad to have shared this 🙂
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Beautiful, gentle post. 🙂
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Thank you. ☺
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A lovely post and it describes me nearly to a T, since I have retired and moved overseas I have achieved so much more than I ever dreamed I could. I still have to pinch myself but I have changed so it can be done ….who ever you are…just believe 🙂
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Absolutely… some love and courage goes a long way 🙂
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Reblogged this on Jo Robinson.
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Loved your post, Florence. “Be open to possibilities…be curious…be accepting of the not-known” spontaneously opens a door to living life fully. 🙂
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Thanks Olga… 💜
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