"A Door Marked Exit"

Well scandal isn't back, but of course the inspiration for my post is deeply rooted in all things scandal. "A Door Marked Exit" was the title for the winter finale of scandal. It also was a line that Olivia's dad used when he was sparing with the president about how Olivia is the president's escape from reality, his door marked exit from all the crap in his life he hates.

I've thought about this a lot over the last couple of weeks because for me personally the past few weeks, months, years, etc. have been pretty hellish. And to be completely honest there are a million things I would consider as my door marked exit. Some things pretty "normal" that people can see ( tv addiction much?) and some things "not so normal" that people can't see and that are pretty harmful.

If we all were honest with ourselves, even Olivia's dad, we all have something in our lives that we consider a door marked exit. That thing we use to escape the ugly in our lives when things get to tough to deal with. It's hard to admit some days that life is too much and an escape from reality is needed or that we are unwilling/untrusting to get help when we need it because our society isn't necessarily giving us that boost of encouragement we need to be free...

So I get it. And I don't judge you or the president for your doors marked exit because deep down I don't know what I would do without mine.