"Knock and the door shall be opened..."

It occurred to me today that maybe sometimes answers aren't revealed to us until we're ready to ask for them to be revealed. Sometimes answers and insights come easily - with barely any effort or thought. But some answers don't come when we think they should, so we fuss and fume and try to take shortcuts. Maybe for the Big Things we need to have our sincerity, commitment, and readiness tested. Maybe we need to arrive exhausted from all our detours - and maybe we have to realize first that it's a door we're looking for. Because doors are for going through and maybe we need to know without a doubt that:

The only way out is through.

"Oooooh. Through the door?"
"The door, Karen Anne!"

And almost before we can raise our hand to knock, the door is opened...