You’re Allowed To Close The Doors That Don’t Feel Like Home
By Rania Naim
You’re allowed to close the doors that failed you. The doors that didn’t welcome you in and made your stay a little more comfortable. The doors that pulled you in promising to keep you warm only to make your stay cold and lonely. You’re allowed to close the doors that brought you pain and locked you in. You’re allowed to close the doors that didn’t set you free.
You’re allowed to close the doors that didn’t bring you closure or justice. The ones you opened a little longer in an attempt to be the bigger person or the more forgiving person. The doors that didn’t honor your presence. The doors that looked pretty and joyful from the outside but turned dark and gloomy the moment you stepped inside.
Because if you think of life in terms of doors and homes it will be so much easier to choose which ones to close and which ones to keep open. If you think of people as hosts, it will be easier to know which ones make you feel at home and which ones suffocate you but no matter what you do, close the doors that lead to nowhere.
And while you’re at it, close the doors of the painful past, the sudden breakups, the unforeseen losses and all the ways you failed yourself. Close the doors that didn’t appreciate or celebrate you. The doors that made you feel restless and…
