Closed Doors
It’s funny watching a cat’s reaction to closed doors. Mr. Fluffers is obsessed with unearthing the secrets behind the closed door. He peeps his head underneath, sniffs at the seal, paws at the door knob, and let’s out the strangest meow imaginable. Once the door is opened generally one of two things will happen. Ironically, he will either lose interest either immediately or after walking through the opened door and making a sweep of the room. With the latter he loses interest because his sweep turns up no interesting secrets or hidden treasures, just an empty room. With the former his interest was primarily the closed door not what was behind it. I’ve found the same holds true of missed opportunities, maybe you’ve rejected someone or perhaps they’ve rejected you. There was the possibility of seeing someone, but they were emotionally or otherwise unavailable to you and now look “they’re single again.” Perhaps you were attempting to ignite a spark that just wasn’t there. Then there...