Revolving Doors

As I spun through the revolving door in my lobby to run an errand, not an hour after I had spun through it coming home, I had this feeling of life being like one big revolving door. You see, most of the time, we think about doors closing--jobs ending, opportunities falling through--and doors opening--chances we get through friends, gigs newly discovered. In reality, though, it is all more continuous than that. Sometimes these things happen one on top of another, so that it feels as though we are always on the move. Rarely do we simply walk through a door to something new or stand outside the door that has been closed on us. More often, we spin through that revolving door, sometimes multiple times a day, each time emerging just a little different that we were the last time we went through.
 
Did you ever notice how fascinated kids are with revolving doors? Instead of just going in and out, you can spin to get where you want. And (if your parents let you) you can spin a little more on the way to getting there, just because. Who wouldn't like that? So, thinking about life that way--as more of the endless circle of the revolving door, rather than the absolute opening and closing of regular doors--makes things seem a whole lot more fluid (and changeable), and definitely more fun. When you go through a regular door, either you see the other side through a glass door or you see absolutely nothing through a solid one. And once the door is opened, you are there. But when you travel through revolving doors, what is on the other side is a little more of a mystery, and how quickly you'll get to it is up to you and how fast you spin. And, just as the kids have discovered, isn't that a much more enjoyable way to live?
 
In our busy lives, there will be many trips through the revolving door every day. Here's to enjoying what that revolving door--literal and figurative--has to offer us!