The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. -- Flora Whittemore
We often hear the phrase, "When one door shuts, another opens." It means everything has a beginning and an end. When our travels on one path are completed, another path lies ahead.
It's not easy to feel a door close. Relationships, friendships, careers, and lives end. Although we may not understand why a door closes, it's important to remember our Higher Power has everything to do with it. By the same token, we may not understand why certain doors open, revealing opportunities we may have longed for. Again, our Higher Power feels we are ready to pursue that new experience.
The doors that open and close today help prepare us for our experiences tonight. The doors that open and close tonight will help us grow toward tomorrow. We are not mice in a maze, randomly pursuing paths for a reward of cheese. We are children of our Higher Power, guided towards our chosen goal through the many doors we open and close along the way.
Have I learned there is a reason for everything in my life? Can I trust that my path has been prepared for me by my Higher Power?
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
As feeling like one of those "mice is a maze" myself for so long, and going in so many directions and not finding the "rewards" I expected, it is so refreshing to rely on God to help lead me in the direction He wants me to go.
I may not understand that direction, but hopefully I will go in that door He opens for me.
Reminds me of the saying: when one door closes another one opens. It's sitting in the hallway that's a b*tch. I've spent a lot of time in the hallways. My biggest fear is: fear of the unknown. But, in order to make it known, I have to walk through the fear. I've been many times at a new door with handle in my hand and not enter through the door. Fear kept me paralyzed. With The 12 Steps and God beside me, I'm just now starting to turn the handle and enter through the doors with faith and not fear. Thank you God!
