“When one door closes, another opens.”- Alexander Graham Bell
When one door closes, another opens. That is what I hear in times I need comforting, or answers to questions that can’t really be answered at a particular moment in time. At this particular moment I don’t feel the need for comfort. Sure I have questions but they are not possessing my mind right now. Will there be another door? I don’t know, this door has not fully closed yet. It is still slowly swinging towards the frame.
I could look back now and begin answering the questions I closed the first part with…
Was it really wasted? Is it really the end?
The answers would not be complete because that door has not fully closed yet. I can provide some partial answers. Just simple ones because I have a feeling this series just might end up with a lot of digging and soul searching.
So to quickly answer, no, I do not think the time was wasted. Was there wasted time within the years? Absolutely. There were many time that I stubbornly chose to go down certain paths that provided nothing. Far beyond the point that I realized a particular path would lead nowhere. Was each of those detours a waste? Of course not, but some of it was.
As I write those words, the wisdom of the ancient philosophers burn inside my brain. Was anything truly wasted if I learned something? If I became better as a result of that “wasted time”? Let it burn, let it burn as I grab my shovel to dig and uncover the treasure trove from the years of running this business for the door is apparently closing.
Wait, but first, the second question. Yes, I do believe this is really the end of this business…as we know it, that is. Don’t you love ambiguity (except spelling it) and incomplete, open ended answers? Too bad. That is what you get today.
When I write serial pieces, I often have an idea with a clear outline of what I want to write about and a path of where I want to go with the series. Sometimes that works and I follow the path I have set down in the outline like a roadmap, other times my mind simply will not follow. Hmmm, does that mean my mind has a mind of its own?
Yet other times I just start writing about something and let the story go wherever it may. I think this will be one of those series. I do have the idea, however, that at some point I will share the failures and successes of this business and all the lessons the experience has provided. At least some of the parts.
I can’t say for sure because as I mentioned, the door is slowly closing. It is not closed yet. You will just have to grab a seat and hang on for the ride.
Talk Soon,
Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator
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