Quote:
Friday, June 27, 2014
You are reading from the book Today's Gift
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
In the game of musical chairs, everyone walks around a circle of chairs. When the music stops, they scramble for the nearest open chair. If we were playing this game and found the nearest chairs taken, wouldn't we quickly look around for the next open one? To remain immobilized, angry that the chair we wanted was taken, would undoubtedly lose our place in the game.
Sometimes in life, we set our sights on a particular chair. Perhaps there is an award we want to win, or we want to be the high scorer on our team. Perhaps there is a promotion or a job we would like to get. When we do not get what we want, it is easy to keep looking at what we didn't get instead of seeing all we have.
It is important to be grateful for what w e have - for the open doors and empty chairs waiting and inviting our attention. Loss and disappointment are a part of life - but the music will play again and our lives can move on.
What is available to me today?
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A long time favourite quote of mine. We can be so focused on what we want,waiting for our God to give it to us (we deserve it you know, after all we have been through), that we miss the opportunity that God has put in our life, or opens a path to an alternative suggestion. We reject because it is not dressed the way we want to see it, and we are not willing to recognize what is, accept it, and continue on living our life, according do our God`s Higher Plan.