The Doors We Open and Close

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. –Flora Whittemore

“When one door closes, another one opens,” is a very common axiom in our society. It means that every phase in our life has a natural beginning and end. When it looks like one road it coming to an end, that’s all right, because we can be certain another will be appearing ahead.

Experiencing a door shut can be frightening and stressful, though. Friendships, marriages, jobs, and aspirations can all come to an end. These situations can seem incomprehensible, and can create a miasma of negative thoughts and emotions. On the other side of things, positive opportunities that open up for us can be equally as confusing; we may not always understand why we’re meant to do something, or why it’s happening now.

Despite the incomprehensibility of these situations, and the ensuing thoughts and emotions that can run through us, it is key to remember that God is at the forefront of all these changes, and He is unfolding a different plan for our lives.

The doors that open and close for us are each meant as preparation for the newest stage of our lives. We can’t think of ourselves as lab rats, randomly running through a maze of experiences, trying to reach the prize cheese. Each and every step we take is planned and executed by our Higher Power, meant to guide us through all the doors that will bring us into the complete plan for our lives.