how many times have you been told when life closes a door that it will open a window? or when one door closes another one opens? too many times to count i'm sure. or when life hands you lemons... make lemonade? yep that one too.
the other day as i was leaving school a co-worker of mine asked me for an update in my personal life. she knew of the struggles that i had been going through and the abyss i was finding myself spiraling down. i told her that i really didn't have much to share. she said this, "well i know that you've probably heard this before... when one door closes another one will open... but what no one tells you is that the hallway is hell..."
isn't that the truth? no one ever tells you that. and you know what THEY SHOULD! lol.
there is an address, Choices, given by the late President James E. Faust about the principle of doors opening, opportunities, agency, and such. he talks of indecision being a decision and how a person may have the opportunity to partake in a blessing, but through their own agency they may miss the blessing or opportunity that Heavenly Father has put before them.
i am currently self assessing those situations in my life... was it really right? was it right then and wrong now? was it because of my ignorance/fear/lack of faith/stubbornness that i missed the boat? how many doors have closed? how many new doors went unnoticed? even windows? and lemonade... i'm not even going to go there... =)
i feel like a HUGE door in my life has closed. i am walking that hallway of "hell" searching for the next door to open. will i recognize it? what helps you to see the doors? how do you know which door or window to try? is there someone there.... walking this hallway with me?
i know that i am not alone. my savior and redeemer is there. i can hear his voice. i can feel his love. i know that i will try doors that will not open. some that will open a crack but won't budge any farther. i may be deceived. i may deceive myself. but i have a rock on which i can build myself and that rock will get me through it all.
lemonade anyone?
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seriously understand what your saying. but sometimes the lemons make a lot better lemonade then you ever imagined. so don't give up.
ReplyDeleteWhatever you do, don't sit around and wait for doors to open. Run full force at them, and hope they bash open once you get there. In other words, take chances, leap.
ReplyDeletedon't take your foot off the gas pedal! you are beautiful and talented. I loved this post. Thank you so much for opening up.
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