Donning the Law of the Day

Nothing in the way — light passes through her and so does opportunity.

1. 01Free from anything that darkens or obscures
2. 02Transparent — what is inside can be seen without explanation
3. 03Unclouded in mind; thinking without fog
4. 04Unobstructed — a clear road, a clear doorway
5. 05Easily understood; plain rather than clever
6. 06Distinct — sharply separated from what it is not
7. 07Free of debt, charge or accusation; cleared
8. 08Bright and luminous, as a clear sky
9. 09Certain, without doubt or hedging
10. 10Pure — nothing mixed in that does not belong
11. 11Audible; heard the first time it is said
12. 12Open and unblocked, ready to be passed through

Clear with the parts agreeing — holding together so it can be trusted and followed.

1. 01Sticking together; the parts holding as one body
2. 02Logically consistent — no piece contradicting another
3. 03Intelligible; able to be followed from start to finish
4. 04Orderly in arrangement rather than merely tidy
5. 05Unified — many elements moving as one purpose
6. 06Articulate under pressure, still making sense
7. 07Connected: each part explaining the next
8. 08In phase, as coherent light travels as one beam
9. 09Sound in reasoning; nothing borrowed to make it work
10. 10Integrated — the woman, the house and the business agreeing

Coherent with force added — clear enough to be believed and strong enough to move.

1. 01Powerful in effect; compelling belief
2. 02Forcible — it drives the mind toward assent
3. 03Convincing because it is true, not because it is loud
4. 04Well-grounded; resting on what will hold
5. 05Pointed — nothing wasted in the saying of it
6. 06Weighty; carrying consequence
7. 07Persuasive without manipulation
8. 08Valid and pertinent at the same time
9. 09Irresistible in argument by being simply right
10. 10Authoritative — she speaks and the matter is settled

To take out entirely what stands in the doorway — not manage it, remove it.

1. 01To remove completely; to get rid of
2. 02To put out of the way, out of doors, out of consideration
3. 03To exclude what does not belong in the count
4. 04To expel from the body what has been used
5. 05To cancel — to end a cost, a habit, a commitment
6. 06To rule out an option so the true one becomes visible
7. 07To take an obstruction out of a passage
8. 08To simplify by subtraction rather than addition
9. 09To finish a thing so it never returns
10. 10To clear the field before building on it

To make a thing light — to explain it so other people can walk through it too.

1. 01To throw light upon; to make lucid
2. 02To explain so that the obscure becomes obvious
3. 03To clarify by drawing out the true meaning
4. 04To illustrate — to show, not merely tell
5. 05To interpret what others cannot yet read
6. 06To simplify without cheapening
7. 07To bring understanding to a room
8. 08To resolve confusion by exposing structure
9. 09To teach the way through, having walked it
10. 10To make plain what was implied

To move a thing forward little by little in a chosen direction — and to give it a border.

1. 01To move gradually and deliberately toward something
2. 02To advance by degrees where force would fail
3. 03To furnish with an edge; to sharpen
4. 04To border — to finish a thing at its boundary
5. 05To trim so the shape becomes definite
6. 06To incline or urge in a direction on purpose
7. 07To hem, as a queen hems her weaving so it will not fray
8. 08To gain a small advantage and keep it
9. 09To press quietly ahead of where one was
10. 10To guide something toward its opening rather than shove it

The gap that already exists — the way through, given before it is earned.

1. 01A gap, hole or passage through which one may pass
2. 02An opportunity — a favorable chance already available
3. 03A vacancy; a place waiting to be filled
4. 04The beginning of a thing, as the opening of a book
5. 05A clearing in a forest where light reaches the ground
6. 06An unobstructed way in or out
7. 07A first move that determines everything after it
8. 08An aperture that lets in air and light
9. 09A door standing ajar rather than locked
10. 10A moment of access that will not stay open forever

What she becomes — the one whose presence makes a shut thing give way.

1. 01One who opens; that which causes a thing to give way
2. 02The first — the one who goes ahead and unlocks the road
3. 03A key; an instrument made for access
4. 04One who begins a market, a market day, a season
5. 05A door-holder — she opens and stands there for others
6. 06That which starts the proceedings and sets the tone
7. 07One who removes the seal from what was closed
8. 08A pioneer of a way that did not exist as a way
9. 09The one who makes entry possible for those behind her
10. 10A revealer — she opens so a thing can be seen

What she increases — one opening recognized becomes many doors she can hand out.

1. 01Many ways through, held at once
2. 02Opportunities she creates rather than waits for
3. 03Positions and places she can now fill with other women
4. 04Markets opened; doors made where there was wall
5. 05Entrances built into a house on purpose
6. 06Accesses given as inheritance, not as favor
7. 07The plural of one recognized chance, multiplied
8. 08Clearings made in the forest so light reaches the floor
9. 09Beginnings offered to those with no beginning yet
10. 10Increase measured in doors, not in dollars alone