You Can Do it!

There are many obstacles in life but if you continue to move on with at least the smallest amount of hope that you will get through it then you will eventually find that light at the end of the tunnel.
I am immediately reminded of this when I'm trying to open my blinds this morning. My choice of any kind of window treatment is simple, absolutely nothing or curtains if necessary. I feel that any other kind of window treatment besides these two options most of the time makes life difficult in a simple situation. When I moved into my new place I didn't really have choice for there hanging in my room was a single set of exotic blinds dangling by a string. Lately I feel comfortable with my shades up during the day then down when I go to sleep. For many reasons such as the neon glow of street lamps do not intrude my sleeping space and that no body can see me prancing around in my underwear when I'm getting dressed. Every morning I look at my blinds and exhale. I know we will have some sort of a fight which I am not looking forward to.
Sometimes the frail bamboo lifts with each pull like a light feather as I stand wide eye at how easy that seemed to be. Most mornings like this morning, there is a battle of bamboo and human flesh. Sometimes I can almost hear an over head announcer describing each sneaky move "And she pulls the string the bamboo is lifting! Has she won folks? Wait...WAIT! look at THAT! One side is still down!" I could only imagine a crowd of conversations echoing the auditorium "Really, how dumb do you have to be to not be able to open that!"
Obviously very, I think to myself as I scratch my head. At one point I kind of give up and think about using electric light for the rest of the day. The idea of not having natural sunlight flood into my room is unaccepatble so I go towards being demanding. "Let there be LIGHT!" I exclaim. Nothing happens and still the bamboo shade lays in confidence that it has managed to still have weaseled it's way in between me and my one morning joy. I continue to work at it, frustrated but determined. Considering our walls are equivalent to paper, I'm sure my room mates who are half sleeping in the next room are wondering what I am up too.
The bamboo parts and light clears away all the darkness. I lay in my bed, happy and victorious as I look at the curled up shades that lay at the top of my window. A good lesson for the day, never give up.