Donning the Law of the Day

Having the power in her to do the thing — ability that exists whether or not it is used.

1. 01Having the ability or power to do something
2. 02Fit, qualified, competent to a task
3. 03Able to take in or hold — of a room, of a mind
4. 04Susceptible of a thing; open to receiving it
5. 05Having what is required in latent form
6. 06Efficient in the doing, not only willing
7. 07Sufficient for the demand placed on her
8. 08Possessing skill that can be called upon
9. 09Able to be trusted with the work
10. 10Holding a power not yet spent

Proven ability — capability that has been trained, measured and can be relied upon.

1. 01Having the requisite skill, knowledge or ability
2. 02Properly qualified for a duty or office
3. 03Legally fit and admitted to act
4. 04Adequate to the demand, sufficient for the case
5. 05Answerable for the work in fact, not in claim
6. 06Trained to a standard others can verify
7. 07Capable in a way that has been tested
8. 08Suitable, belonging rightly to the one who holds it
9. 09Equal to the responsibility placed on her
10. 10Able to perform without supervision

Roomy — built to hold far more than is presently in her. Ability with space left in it.

1. 01Able to hold much; spacious, wide
2. 02Of large capacity or extent
3. 03Comprehensive — taking in a great deal
4. 04Roomy enough for growth without rebuilding
5. 05Broad in reach of mind or of heart
6. 06Ample; generously proportioned
7. 07Having room for others inside it
8. 08Vast in what it can receive
9. 09Great in compass or scope
10. 10Enlarged, and still enlarging

To put a power to use so it grows — the only way capability stays alive.

1. 01To put into use or action
2. 02To train by repeated practice
3. 03To employ a power, right or faculty
4. 04To develop strength by working it
5. 05To carry out, to discharge a duty
6. 06To make demand upon, so as to enlarge
7. 07To practise a skill until it holds under pressure
8. 08To wield authority actually rather than nominally
9. 09To keep a faculty from wasting
10. 10To move a thing on purpose, repeatedly

To furnish with what the work requires — tools, armor, learning, provision.

1. 01To supply with the things needed for a purpose
2. 02To fit out, as a ship is fitted for a voyage
3. 03To arm, to furnish with armor
4. 04To provide with skill or knowledge for a task
5. 05To dress and prepare for service
6. 06To stock a house against a season
7. 07To give a person the means of acting
8. 08To make ready by adding what is missing
9. 09To outfit for an undertaking
10. 10To endow with capacity for use

To make greater in capacity — the increase of potential itself.

1. 01To make larger in size, scope or capacity
2. 02To extend the bounds of a thing
3. 03To widen, as a room is widened
4. 04To increase what a vessel can hold
5. 05To speak more fully upon a subject
6. 06To set free by giving more room
7. 07To grow a connection into a network
8. 08To magnify — to make a thing appear at true size
9. 09To add to what already exists
10. 10To develop beyond the former limit

One open door — a set of circumstances that makes a thing possible right now.

1. 01A favourable occasion or set of circumstances
2. 02A chance for advancement or progress
3. 03An opening that makes action possible
4. 04The right time joined to the right conditions
5. 05A door standing unlocked for a season
6. 06A possibility offered rather than earned
7. 07Room to act before the room closes
8. 08An occasion suited to a purpose
9. 09A prospect that can be taken or lost
10. 10The moment when capability can be spent well

The one who recognizes the open door and moves — she no longer waits to be invited.

1. 01One who takes advantage of the occasion offered
2. 02A person quick to see and use circumstance
3. 03One who adapts her method to the moment
4. 04A seizer of chances rather than a waiter for them
5. 05One who reads timing as a resource
6. 06A practical actor who prefers the possible now
7. 07One who converts a condition into a gain
8. 08A person alert to the opening in any room
9. 09One who profits by readiness
10. 10The office of the woman who moves first

Not one door but many — doors she now makes, for herself and for the women behind her.

1. 01Many favourable occasions, held at once
2. 02Openings created rather than awaited
3. 03Doors a house can offer to others
4. 04A field of possibilities under her hand
5. 05Chances multiplied by capacity
6. 06Provision made for other people's beginnings
7. 07The inventory of what she can now say yes to
8. 08Occasions arranged on purpose
9. 09Prospects that renew rather than expire
10. 10The increase of increase — potentiality itself