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“When one door closes, another opens; but we often aftermath has done damage to everyone and now
look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door we have to look at the brighter side of it, to move on.
that we do not see the one which has opened for us,” As we sit and ponder on whether or not to choose
Alexander Graham Bell said. and see the other possibilities set for us, we better
ask ourselves: will anything change if all we do is to
I have been thinking about this quote for quite sit and absorb everything that is happening around
some time. The entire world is facing a situation us? Perhaps, the answer to that question can only
where people are losing their jobs and businesses be found by us, and to discover it, we have to try
are in bankruptcy. We are all stuck in this cycle of the doors that are in front of us because the answer
life, the new normal. When the pandemic began, might be there behind one of them.
mostly everything was closed, leaving everyone
with no opportunities, or so we thought. Yet what if Opening up to new possibilities and
you could change your perspective? What if you will considering to remake our scheme of beliefs is
stop thinking of the negative things and start looking not an easy task. It requires an individual to let
beyond life? This one could be another opportunity go of something that he or she held onto for so
to move forward. many years. However, given the situation we have
now, the only choice would be to adapt to the new
With the new normal, there have been several normal. For some, coping up with the changes that
emerging opportunities to grow and to learn. It is have occurred is very tough and could perhaps
always a challenge to try something new and see give them a negative outlook in life. The pandemic
what works and what does not. During desperate has indeed caught us off guard. The plans we made
times, people came up with fresh ideas that became were compromised in an instant, and the path we
an efficient source of income. Utilization of social were planning to take was not passable. It is as
media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, if we have seized power to control our lives and
and others aided them to grow what they have the things that lie ahead of us became dim. Some
already started. Selling items online, making videos became disoriented and afraid to take a step due to
for YouTube, and creating blog sites for businesses this lack of foresight of what is uncertain.
were done to cope up with life. All of these can be
one of the doors that will help them to gain income It is a normal thing to pause or to be cautious
and at the same time to be able to spend more time whenever you do not know where you are going to
with their family. This situation can also be a time but delaying it for too long could be detrimental. At
for healing and solitude. To the clerks who spend a some point in life, things could go out of your control,
lot of hours inside the office, this can be a chance and there you will realize that you were never the
for them to be somewhere different and work driver of this ride called life. In this journey, you will be
comfortably. taking rides which you think could take you to where
you want to carry along with you the uncertainty of
There are a lot of opportunities for everybody your choice yet leaping faith. If you ponder upon
if they only focus on moving forward and be it, you will sooner realize that man is optimistic by
optimistic because the only thing that is stopping us nature, meant to move forward regardless of what
from looking ahead is ourselves. It is not all about is ahead of us. We have this nature to hope, which
what will happen next, but it is all about how we is a positive virtue, that things will be better.
will react to the successive events. We need to take
control of our lives and make sure that we do not get Another remarkable reality about man is that
stuck in this situation. It is important to remember he can turn obstacles and misfortunes into growth
that life does not stop when everything is temporarily and mistakes into wisdom. Until the only thing left
not in motion. It has happened and is irreversible. Its for man to do is to leap of faith into the future.

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