When a door closes, a window opens

I think it's probably safe to say that 2009 was a challenging year for many people. At the risk of sounding cliched, I strongly believe that when a door closes, another one opens somewhere. But often, (as suggested by a student of Rick Jarow's), you have to walk down a really long hallway to get to that open door. And sometimes, it's just an open window... and that window has a grate on it that you have to pry off. The hope though, is that you have a really great set of friends to help you get through that grate, or, at the very least, a really strong set of pliers.

Roseau, Dominica