Open the Garage Door!

Open the Garage Door!!

I know, you're seeing a picture of a garage door, 

and I am telling you to open it!

I imagine you are pretty confused at the moment.

Let me explain!

Last weekend, I attended a women's conference. 

It was the first year for this particular one - 

the usual ladies had retired from a 20 year run 

and they passed the gauntlet 

to the next generation 

to move forward.

It was both a lonely and fulfilling time. 

One story really stood out to me and 

I've been working through it ever since.

One speaker told a story that puts the garage door analogy 

more fully into the light.

Her friend's husband had lost his mother - and although they'd cleared out the house fairly easily, 

he avoided the garage at all costs 

and made excuses not to tackle that project.

Let me pause a moment and see if you saw what I did.  

How many people have a neat, everything in it's place garage?  

When you open the door, do you just groan 

and want to close it and walk away 

until you really have to deal with it?  

That's kind of what was described about this situation.

So, his wife thought of a great idea.  

She told her husband that why don't they go over to the house, 

open the garage door 

and close it right back up 

- you know, baby steps.

He agreed and they did that.  

Well, when the garage door was opened, 

and the light shined in on the boxes inside - 

it really wasn't as big a deal 

as he'd made it to be in his head. 

The boxes of his mother's things 

and probably some of his own 

weren't quite so bad to deal with.

So, after that, they got everything cleaned out 

in less than a day and the project was finished.  

Since then, anytime they as a couple or family 

had to face anything 

they said 'Open the Garage' - 

let's get it over with and deal with it!

Since last weekend - 

I've realized that many times 

I've avoided something because in my head - 

I'd made it much bigger than it needed to be.  

When I instead approached it head on - 

shed some light into the situation - 

it really wasn't all that bad after all.

I saw this diagram meme 

and it pretty much explains 

how we should should solve problems:

I noticed that 'avoidance' 

is not in there! 

Imagine that!

So, the next time you have to face a difficult situation, 

decision or person - 

Open the Garage Door!

Shed light into the situation 

and you'll get it taken care of 

in no time at all!!

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