The Doorway

The Doorway 

By John W. Vander Velden

       

We stand at the doorway, uncertain what waits beyond.  Remembering too well all that lies behind us, our pains, our failures.  The road traveled, each mile unique, a pathway with bumps and chuckholes.  For each, the journey traveled has made us.  Are we not formed by the years…by the challenges…by the hardships…by our achievements?  Step by step we move forward, down one hallway following another, around corners unexpected, often facing the greatest resistor…our own feeling of inadequacy.  Knowing ourselves too well, seeing all kept hidden from others, our weaknesses, so obvious, fuels our fears.  Each day, doubt’s strength grows.  We feel bound by the past.  How can we lift ourselves above the mire…this time?  Yet an optimism, as we face the future, a tool worthy of hope’s possibilities, for we once more stand in the doorway.  Though the future beyond is hidden, surely it offers both risk and great triumph, it remains for us to choose.  Charge forward, chin high, eyes set, seeking what can, ignoring those that say nay, or to cower fearful made impotent by the lies of smaller minds.  What do you choose…for we stand at the doorway!

(196 Words)  1-2012