As one door closes another one opens..

It’s a phrase many of us have used to comfort a friend in their time of challenge or change. It’s a phrase many of us have been told in our own lives as we’ve encountered uncertainty or a new direction. Its offers a gentle reminder of all things working for a greater good and that, even though we may be blinded by our current circumstances, we will rise above if we have trust and faith.

But it’s not so simple is it?

I've been setting all my Multiply blogs to my Blogger account (at least few of them). As with everything on Multiply, doing this is not easy. You have to go through it one by one. For the average blogger, this might be no big deal, but in the 6 years I blogged on here, I posted like approximately 400 blogs, plus I need to save some old pictures I posted here too :) ** I opened this account Aug 2004, damn now I really feel old **

Why am I doing this? Because that's 400 blogs worth of history. I could have just deleted the account, which would have saved me about 12 hours of precious time, but then I would have lost all that history. And I couldn't let that happen.

Those are my words. They chronicle a period of my life that I might want to read back over sometime. Let's face it, most of us don't keep diaries, and MOST of us look back and wish we had. I feel like those blogs freeze a moment in time of my life that, when I'm 80, I'll want to look back and remember.

If Multiply still keeps all that up and running, that is.

I read over some of them. Some were really, really good. Very astute observations. I may repost a few of them in Facebook but most of them just don't hold up over time. They no longer represent the person I am today. I can't believe so much change over a year span.. getting married and living in a different country..

That is, in itself, amazing to me. Just how much I've changed.

As I have looked back on my life I see there are times when I knew the right words to say but my actions didn’t support what I said I believed.**well most of the time!

I DIDN’T WANT TO LET THE DOOR CLOSE – Too often we are so afraid of an existing door closing that we fight and fight to keep it open. Our eyes become so focused on the door that is closing that we don’t stop to look around for the new one that is opening up. The fear of losing what we’ve had often blocks us from the opportunity to accept all the great things that are coming.

I WAS AFRAID OF BEING BETWEEN THE DOORS – Sometimes a new door doesn’t open at the exact same time as an old door is closing. I believe this is a common cause of confusion. Many expect that when one door closes, another one is opening simultaneously in its place. I’ve not found that to always be the case. There may be a brief time between the doors when you are meant to reflect or learn from your old door before you can be ready to step into the opening of a new one. This is a time of preparation and peace. Not a time of frantic disbelief.

So what about you?

“When one door closes, another door opens.”

Are you holding on too tight? Are you afraid of what is next?

Join me as we embrace the change together, as we move from knowing the right things to say to actually believing them and putting them into practice through our words and actions. Let go of that old door and get ready to step into the one. - sassy :)