Opening the doors all summer long
thoughts for a Sunday
I like doors open like basically all the time. Especially in our home here in Los Angeles. Perhaps my very favorite part of our house are the sliding glass doors leading to the backyard. And my husband is constantly closing them because: bugs. And I am constantly opening them up again. I think I would live best in one of those houses where whole walls open up and the outside and inside kind of blend together. I basically think I want to feel like I am outside all the time.
I have also been thinking how that translates to how I am feeling in general of being open to so much more than I was before. I think moving here made me realize I could do something I didn’t originally want to do and make it really good. But you have to be open to it and get way out of your comfort zone. And I was so comfortable!! Now I see the leaps are always worth it.
I saw a quote recently that said “ One way to not age is to always take risks, people that age gracefully are not sitting on the sidelines of their life”. I think that is so true. It can be so easy to just go along and let life pass by but you have to dive face first into it. Because if there is one thing I don’t want it is to be on the sidelines. And you will get burned along the way to be sure. But the highs are so worth it. I say this even with recently taking risks that have not turned out well. But I have taken many that have turned out spectacularly. And I’ll take those odds any day.
So, I’ll keep the doors open as much as I can for as long as I can. All of them!
xo, and happy Sunday.
Lesli