IOver the ncext few posts I will be looking at opportounity, I hope you enjoy where my thoughts take me.
Let me ask you something. When was the last
time you knocked on a door you were not sure would open?
If you are like many seniors, it has been a
while. We get comfortable. We get cautious. We decide that the days of knocking
on unfamiliar doors are behind us. Better to stay where it is safe. Better not
to risk the disappointment of a door that stays shut.
But here is what I have learned after nearly
eighty years. Every breakthrough, every invention, every masterpiece that
profoundly changed lives started with just a little new thinking by one person.
Just one. Someone who decided to knock.
And you are good at this. You have done it
before. You just forgot.
Knock and It will be opened. You know
the phrase. It is old. It is simple. And it is stubbornly, annoyingly true.
Doors do not open themselves. They wait. They
are patient. They have all the time in the world. And they will stay closed
forever unless someone raises a hand and knocks.
That job application you are afraid to submit.
That class you are afraid to sign up for. That phone call you are afraid to
make. That apology you are afraid to offer. Knock. Just knock. You have no idea
what is on the other side, but you know for certain what is on this side. The
same view you have been staring at for months. Or years.
Knock. The worst that happens is nothing. The
best that happens is everything.
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