“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, author and lecturer (1880-1968)

As I am one to do, I read this over a couple of times and kicked it around. What I wanted to do was to remove the last two words from the quote. I wanted the quote not to be about me.

What I can selfishly do is take a quote like Keller’s above, as is and apply it to only me and my circumstances. So, when I read it as is good. But when I take out the two words, to me it becomes even better. I thought of a situation where someone near to me passes away. A door of happiness is closed because I can no longer be with them. BUT, for them, hopefully as a child of God, an incredible door is open on their side.  Similarly, at this time of year as many college students prepare to go away to school, some away from their families, one door is closed, but for the student another opens.

To overuse those words, “it’s not about me.” I stand but on only one side of a door of happiness closed. There is a whole world of doors on the other side too.