Legs on the Stairs

The Keyhole of Life...

Imagine if this was your view of the world. The whole world viewed through a vantage point the size of the keyhole. Think about the doors that actually have a keyhole, old doors in old houses, dated, forgotten, dusty and creepy. What you would miss. The opinions you would form from your narrowed view on life. And the endless hours you would waste going back to the hole time and time again to try and see more, craving more but alas, the keyhole can only reveal so much.

I can usually spot a 'keyholer' a mile away. Their view of the world is so narrow they have little to say that doesn't involve 'I or Me' in almost every sentence. They are starved for attention, lack tact and finesse and for some strange reason keyholers spend countless hours thinking about what others are doing, saying, having, and being. Keyholers live a shallow, boring and wishful life.

A dreamworld of their own making. The mind begins to take the narrow view from the hole of what others are doing and create new and one-sided fantasy from the images from the hole. Lets face it if you don't really know the untrained mind will make something up.

Are you a keyhole person? You say no, but are you sure? Have you ever taken for granted that you have all the facts when the reality is you couldn't possibly because you haven't gathered any?
Think about all the movie scenes over the decades that have depicted someone peeping through a keyhole and then taking what they've seen as the whole story and passing it off as fact. It happens in real life. Sadly it's probably happening right now.

Be a mountaineer. Mountaineers climb to some pretty high points and when they get there they turn in a 360 degree circle to see everything, they turn slowly and purposefully. Mountaineers are planners and doers. The trip, the gear, the timing, the endurance. Be in awe of the world around you, enjoy this life to the fullest. Strive to be and know the truth. Help those who are climbing up behind you to get there too. Then it will be just clean open air for you...

Seek out the words of  Earl Nightingale: "You become what you think about". Google him, YouTube him, he really understands. And when you encounter your next keyholer, and you will, remember this Blog, go back and re-listen to Earl, climb an invisible mountain in your mind if a real one is out of reach. Stay true to your beliefs; that it's better to be in the open air than stuck behind a door with a keyhole.

Madam E.