PORTALS & DOORWAYS.

‘I’ll tell you right now, the doors to the world of the wild self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door; if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much that you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.’
Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

I’ve been wondering about all of the doorways that have been missed, the missed opportunities where fear took over and I lingered at the threshold for far too long and never made the step to the other side. Where the words were never spoken, the hard conversations never had. Where the comfort zone took over and life stayed the same.

Where doors were opened a sliver and I firmly slammed them shut & sat back down and waited for life to come to me.

I see people all around me where the doors are shut & they’re sitting waiting for what they want to come to them. They’ve missed the opportunity, the door to go deeper, to unravel & grow. They’ve missed the door to the full life they so desperately desire as they sit on the sidelines waiting & watching; as the past relives itself over & over and they never make the step into the unknown.

I love doorways, I love portals, I love taking the leap & jumping but every now and then I get stuck at a threshold - I go silent and retreat. I firmly shut the door and sit back. The inner child that fears rejection & abandonment steps forward & holds the reigns, she wants to keep us safe.

And if covid has re-taught me anything….it’s that life is uncertain & that the doorways are not always guaranteed. That this life is fleeting and heartbeats are finite. That the relationship with the inner child is the portal, that the work of the inner realms is the doorway to a full life. That when a doorway shows up - the steps should be taken.

Where is there a doorway showing up for you?
Is it time to step over the threshold into the life you desire?
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