door #50

" you must knock on door number 25 or 50 or 100

as enthusiastically as you did on the first door that was closed in your face

you need to be prepared for a lot of rejection and never give up enthusiasm

it'll get you eventually to a successful area"

. . . 

- john paul dejoria (co-founder of paul mitchell hair and patron spirits)

read this powerful quote 

and it resonated with me

knocking on door #50 

without loosing enthusiasm

takes a great deal of faith

we tend to expect what we are used to

50 doors slammed in our faces

we expect door #51 to produce the same result

almost a defense mechanism

preparing for the worst

the challenge is to prepare for the best

keeping a glimmer of hope

never loosing enthusiasm

that maybe the next door just might be it

. . . 

found this image while cleaning out my computer

shot last year while i was in barcelona

i spent a day solo

traveling to a small town i had heard of

scary experience getting lost in a foreign country with limited phone/internet access

but well worth it

. . . 

be bold

be enthusiastic

prepare for the best