95 Ring/Knock

When do you answer the telephone?
Only after /when it rings, and more than once.
If it rings only once you don’t answer.

When do you open the door?
Only after someone knocks.
If I knock on your door only once,
you may dismiss it as something else.

However if I knock 3 or 4 times in-a-row then you get the message.
The unmistakable message that someone is at the door.
Not the wind, not a mishearing.
Unmistakable.

In everyday life you may want to speak to someone, or have something happen, yet you just wait for it. Hoping.
Rather than knocking. Three times. In-a-row.

Think about what you want. More direct, repetitive action gets it for you sooner than waiting and hoping.

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