Closing Doors

There are three ways to close a door:
like someone else is in the house,
like you’re alone,
or like you’re angry and want the world to know it.

It’s a small thing. Most people don’t notice it.
But it says more than we think.

The way we close doors, matters.

Some responses are loud.
Immediate.
They fill the space before anyone else has time to exist inside it.

Some responses are quiet.
Held back.
Careful not to disturb anything.

And some responses are aware.

They pause.
They consider.
They recognize that someone else might be on the other side.

How you close a door in rehearsal
is the same as how you close the door to a sleeping baby.

Not out of fear.
Out of awareness.

You understand the moment.
You understand the space.
You understand that what you do affects someone else.

Most of life isn’t made of big decisions.
It’s made of small responses.

A comment.
A reaction.
A tone.
A door.

We rarely remember what started the moment.
But we always remember how it felt.

The loud response echoes.
The quiet response disappears.
But the aware response…
changes the room.

Over time, those small choices define us.

Not what happens to us.
But how we respond to it.

Sometimes life calls for strength.
Sometimes it calls for restraint.
Sometimes it just calls for awareness.

Sometimes, it just asks us
to close the door gently.