When Itâs Time to Let Go: The Freedom of Accepting What Can’t Be Changed
âWhen one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.â ~Helen Keller
Years ago, a friend had a small party for her sonâs fifth birthday. I was expecting to spend most of the party talking to the other adults. But thatâs not what happened. Instead, at the insistence of my friendâs son, I spent most of the party entertaining him and the other children.
Occasionally, I would escape to the living room to talk to the other adults. But …