Doormat, Doormat, Doormat...Door Closed!

I like to find doormats that either match the season or my current home decor. My last doormat had a beach theme, light blues and browns with "Welcome" in the middle. I really liked that doormat. Unfortunately, with all the rain and mud tracking over it, it was time to replace it. I found one for "in-between" that will do, but I'm looking for something I'll really like.

A doormat can say a lot. A "Welcome" doormat can say that you really do welcome guests into your home. A seasonal doormat, can say that you like to celebrate and embrace the seasons. A brand-new doormat can say that it's your first "home" and you're excited about it! 

I think we can be a lot like doormats. If we're the type of person who really enjoys meeting and speaking with people, we really "have the welcome mat out." If we're the type of person who doesn't really want to engage with others, whether for a time period...or ever, we won't "have the welcome mat out."

Sometimes, though, we leave the Welcome mat out when we shouldn't. There can be people in our lives who take advantage of, use, or abuse us...if we let them. These people will keep walking right over our welcome mats, over and over again, wearing it out, tracking all kinds of mud and dirt into our lives. We don't need to make these people feel "welcome." As a matter of fact, we need to remove the Welcome mat and keep the door closed to these types of people. They can try to knock, but they shouldn't be allowed in. Eventually, most of them get the "you're not welcome" message and go away.

Life is too precious to allow anyone to take advantage of us, use us or abuse us. To these people, I say,  "Doormat, doormat, doormat...door closed!" 

Now, on to find that "just right" doormat...