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A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
\u2013 Ogden Nash<\/span><\/span>\n

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It\u2019s not just dogs Mr. Nash. It\u2019s me.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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For my whole life, I\u2019ve always wondered what\u2019s on the other side of the door. Like a horse pushing his head through the narrow slats in the fence, the grass does seem greener.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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It\u2019s made for a life or discontent, or a life of wonder. It kind of depends. I think there is a spark in the mind\u2019s eye that comes alive with the child. It\u2019s an amazement in the world around us that makes a child both amazingly interesting and terribly frustrating.\u00a0<\/span>
According to my mother, I got lost as a four-year old. I had wandered off to the neighbors house after a dog. And then it was to another neighbors to inspect a bicycle on the lawn. And then it was chasing a grasshopper until a wise woman scooped me up and deposited me back home.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Even now, when I\u2019m with family or friends and we\u2019re on a mountain road and a fork forces me into a decision, 9 times out of ten, I\u2019ll pick the rocky, dirt road over the paved. I just want to see, want to\u00a0experience, want to know the unknowable. It drives my family crazy \u2014 but always gives them memories and stories to retell. \u00a0Even as an adult, I\u2019ve been lost in the wilderness because I wanted to see beyond the ridge, or around the corner. Wide-eyed and not so smart at times.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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There is a danger in this too. It\u2019s lost me relationships, and diverted focus at work, and killed off friendships. It\u2019s cost me time when I should be\u00a0dedicated, \u00a0cost me\u00a0money\u00a0when I should be invested, and cost me depth when i should I have dug in for the long haul.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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It takes some wisdom I suppose to know when I should scratch at the door or when I should just curl up and contently sleep.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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