When
one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long
at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for
us.Helen Keller
It physically hurts my heart to look at this
picture of my old cottage workshop, back in my old life, in my old
house. (I refuse to call it a home now)
With all that has gone on in my life the past six and a half months, this week's quotation really made me stop and realize, once again, that its all in how you perceive things (oh my! We're back to that half full, half empty thing again...)
I just closed my Cottage Industry business, at least temporarily, and I am not sure where it's going at this point. At the oddest moments, I will find myself feeling sad and angry at the same time for the huge change in my life that brought this all about. I was going ahead at lightning speed and then the door. slammed. on. me.
Stumbling upon this quote was a 1,000 watt light bulb moment for me. I see clearly now that the reason I am struggling with this is that I keep looking longingly backwards at that closed door. I hadn't really tried to look at the wonderful new possibilities that might lie ahead.
Well, starting today, I am not looking back at that closed door any more. Nope. I don't want to miss a single opportunity to find happiness, and I think that door is right around the corner. In fact, I know it is.