"Doorknobs"

            I don’t think I will ever be able to put this book down and stop using it as examples for my writing journal. I love this book, 97 by Justin Lookadoo. I read his outlook on doorknobs, and I have to say I will probably never look at them the same. I mean seriously who would ever take the time to stop and think about a doorknob.

            “I think the doorknob is the most underrated part of the whole house. In fact, if I could be any part of a building, I would want to be the door handle. I bet there are a lot of knobs and handles that are pretty upset. They are sitting around waiting to see what part of a building or a home they will be, and the builder is like, ‘you…you’re a doorknob.’ Can’t you just imagine some of the reactions? ‘Oh, c’mon, man! A doorknob? Dude, I have so much more to offer than just a doorknob. Just take another look. Give me a shot. How ‘bout a hi-def TV? I could do that. Too much to ask? Okay, how about a table? Stick some legs on me and I’ll make a killer table.’ ‘Nope you’re a door handle.’ Seems like a little bit of a downer. Oh, but no. Door handles control the world. Don’t believe me? Then think of a world with zero door handles and zero knobs. You wake up tomorrow and they have all disappeared. You get up to go to the bathroom and you can’t get in. the door is shut and there is no knob. You go to the store and you push the door right open without a problem. But when you try to leave, problem-there’s no handle. You have to wait for someone to come in and push it open so you can sneak out before it closes.”

            I never thought about that. Door knobs and door handles are extremely important. We take so many things for granted that it’s hard to remember a lot of the small stuff. Like well I’m thankful for a house and a family and a car, but do we ever take the time to be thankful for having a door handle, or even a door. I know my door is the only thing between an open invitation into my home and privacy. Or walls, do we ever take the time to be thankful for the walls that keep our home up and give us an even bigger sense of privacy from members of our own family. How about light? I’m so thankful for light. I mean there are people out there that in order to get light have to spend countless minutes rubbing two sticks together to make a fire. All I have to do is get up and go flip a switch.

One of the big things have a problem with is voting. Here we are in America, the land of the free. We get to vote in elections to determine who rules over us. Yet a large majority of the population chooses not to. Do we know how many people would kill to be able to vote and determine the way their government was run? Yet we throw away our voter registration cards, because we don’t have enough time to go out of our way and have a say in the way our nation is ran.

Oh how glorious it must be to be a door knob. It’s probably the single most important used tool in the entire house. Some may argue that a fridge is more important. Let me ask them this then, what if your fridge breaks down and you need a guy to come and fix it. How is he going to get into the home, through a window? No, through the front door of course! In order to open that door one must first turn the…doorknob. The same situation would apply for a furnace, or a washer/dryer system. Let me also pose this question to the ones who still argue that a fridge is far superior to a doorknob. How would you ever get into that fridge if there were no door handle? It would be quite the task, and quite entertaining to watch. Oh the glories of being a doorknob. To all you doorknobs out there, we salute you and your glorious power to be locked for safety and opened for publicity. Here’s to you Mr. Doorknob keep on doing your job!