When A Door Is Closed...

"When A Door Is Closed, A Window Is Opened.
When A Window Is Closed, A Trap Door Is Opened.
When A Trap Door Is Closed, A Roof Hatch Is Opened.
,and, When A Roof Hatch Is Closed, There Is Always Something Opened."

I take this proverb as one to give me a sense of hope.

This is the very nature of existence.

"The only constant in the universe is change."

That everything is always closed, simply put, does not happen.
That everything is always open, does not happen.

One is never trapped.
Nor is one ever free.
One is always : both, at the exact same time.

This can be a cause for despair, or a cause for hope.
The choice rests with the person.
I like hope.
It feels right...to me.

That said.
If I had not known despair, I would not know hope.

I believe one more favorite proverb is in order.

= = = =

"There Are ALWAYS Options."

Even when I felt like a coward.
Even when I felt like I was losing an opportunity.
Even when I felt like I knew what I had to do but I was just too afraid to do it,
I would be consoled and reassured by the quiet yet certain voice that told me,
there was ALWAYS another way.
I just had to find it.

There was ALWAYS enough time.
There was ALWAYS enough money.
There was ALWAYS enough specialness inside of me to make it worthwhile to go on.

Thanks Worf. (Star Trek : TNG. Season 1)
I owe you one.
I'll buy you a Blood Wine when we meet in an unseen tomorrow.