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What does it mean?
We sometimes accept inevitable changes or challenges we know we must face eventually.
In plain terms
We go through hard doors because we know we have to eventually.
What can you take from it?
Accept inevitable changes when they come.

Where it applies

  • life transitions
  • facing fears
  • making hard choices

Putting it to work

  • face necessary changes
  • prepare for hard moments

Questions to consider

  • What door are you avoiding?
  • When must you go through?

Another view

It romanticizes forced change without offering agency.

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