An Open Door doesn't mean...

Words Written and Spoken by Donyale
Music Authorized by Itunes
Song:  New Normal    Adam Andrews​

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An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through

An Open Door "shouldn't mean"...

An Open Door "shouldn't mean",  doesn't mean, that you just walk-through

It really is a very serious statement...
"For some" we just run, we just walk-through because "they", because "someone" said so.  We have a history in our Country of "just doing" and with a weighted heart, I believe some just never stopped to consider...until it was to late and there was no point of return.  

Decisions are not just for "kids" on the playground, or the high school teenagers concerned about the "click" they are associated with. **Side Note: Let's not forget what our youth looked like, that can be a gift,. when having a conversation with our youth, that conversation can come from an experience and not from judgement or with threats.  Just a side note to consider. 

This is for "You" the Adult who may have never considered "Why do I", what is "My Truth", what am I willing to live on, recognizing, being aware, being alert that "In An Instant" whatever that is, I will "die on" that truth.  Now listen; Death is a part of our journey and here at HBBA aka Helping Build Bridges Across,  I like to put it on the table because for some "we live" with no regard of others or the consequences that we may face, we choose to Do whatever we do no matter who it hurts.  We say what we want based on our personal agenda, based on our own pain and so be it.  

I believe one of our greatest battles is "our thoughts" and I could do a book just on that, the whispers of many voices that most of us spend a lifetime battling through.  It is not what we hear, it is not Just what we walk through, the "Superpower", I believe is in "the midst of all of that", What we "choose" is our accountability. We "choose" and for some we are very aware that it travels so much further than what happens to us or has happen to us, but what are we going to do with it now?!, that I believe is the "Superpower"

Again...

An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through

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#MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent

There are some who Speak Boldly, who Speak as a Group, who Speak with an Agenda and the reason for this post is for "you", is for "you", is for "you"  the one who may have considered that or may not be aware of that. 

You really "don't know" what you don't know.  

Some just need the power of "followers" not thinkers.  Some just need "drifters" not drivers. Some just need, when they say "Go" you just run. Let's put it on the table to just consider those words.  Let's take a pause to consider, just these words. 

Not providing Answers, this is a Perspective.
Even If I'm riding close to home, riding close to your heart,  it is still a moment to consider.  What do you allow inside? Are you a driver or a drifter?! Again, it is Your Life, your journey and let's face it, only "you" can decide.   
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"No One Said Easy" and now that we know that...

​An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through

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Donyale, it's called Freedom to do whatever I choose to do, remember?!...

Yes, that is very true and I'm grateful for the freedoms of "whatever we choose" to do, recognizing many countries don't live with that option. But who is driving "you"?! since we're on topic.  We can do whatever we choose, this is for those who never considered or who never consider "the consequences" attached to that "whatever" you want to. 

Allow me to share a little deeper,  I believe in Freedom, I believe in Choices but I believe it should be from having the full deck of cards on the table, so that you, that I, that we are allowed to Measure the Cost, we are allowed to decide from the full blueprint. "What is True?" and from that a decision can be made. 

At least if nothing else, with the full deck on the table, we were provided the information to decide. Whatever the decision, we had the all of the information to decide. 

​We are now a part of an "unprecendented" moment in our history that for "some" of us we will never experience this type of moment "again" in our lifetime. 

What is comfortable for you? What is important to you? What is the cost of that?

An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through

We have to "Measure the Cost" of our decisions. We should consider making the decisions that "we are" willing to live with, not just by what they say. Our lives are more than a moment, we have generations to consider again "for some". 

As a woman of Faith, no matter the topic, I still weigh the cost that is best for me. If I'm not comfortable, I don't care if the whole team is running in that direction, If I'm not comfortable, If I don't have "Peace Within" I'm not moving in that direction.  Everything is not for everyone and maybe "that group" has peace about that decision, but Measuring the Cost, means I have to "Have Peace".  I have to do my diligence, I have to search my truth, my heart,  I have to "live" on the Truth that I'm willing to die on.  Just My Truth.  That is Not measured by an organization, a group, a team, a community, it is measured by my diligence, by the information I have, by my truth. 

Listen, I really get the joy of being connected with a team, a group, an organization, with  friends who you really share the same vibe with and your beliefs are similiar and you enjoy the conversation, the times together are memorable.  I get it!

An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through

At some point along our life's journey, we have to consider that being connected in "one area" doesn't mean we connect in every single area.  We have to measure the cost of our decisions, of what is important to us. What is important to the lives that "we may" be responsible for.  

"No One Said Easy" and now that we know that
We choose to
Not Lose our Voice
Not Lose our Decision of What is Best For Me and for those I'm responsible for

Sadly, I know firsthand, that so many are so "torn down" emotionally that they no longer have a voice and they live off of what "they say".  My prayers, my thoughts are always with those who I personally know and observe live this way.  So I don't speak from a distance, I speak to those hearts who may have a chance to hear me.  Please now Your Why, Please Know Your Own Truth.  

An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through

Whatever that is or those decisions will be...
So Be it
At least You Measured the Cost
At Least You Weighed the Cost of what is best for you

You decided and You are Willing to Live with the Decision
I respect that and so be it

An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through

I promise you "many, many stories" are filled with "if only I had considered..." and "if only I had measured the cost".  

Here at Helping Build Bridges Across we don't get stuck in the "what If" but we take accountability to decide "today" , we are awaken to "we decide" 

We can't change yesterday and I don't believe in carrying that weight but I do say that how the book starts is not how the book has to end, write the pages that you can write, weigh the cost of present day.  Keep your focus and Continue Forward. 


An Open Door "doesn't mean" you Just Walk-Through
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Thank you for being here.  Thank you for joining in the work of Planting Seeds of Gratitude by answering my Eagle Call.  Please Get in where "you" fit in. 

The door is always open, we may not share the same perspective, the same belief but we start the conversation, the connection from the foundation of... 
"Love Always Wins"

#MakingGratitudeContagious is always the intent