Window Wisdom from Fräulein Maria...

At one point in "The Sound of Music", Fräulein Maria says to the Reverend Mother, "When God closes a door, He opens a window."  I've had to keep running that through my head today.
I had an occipital nerve block performed on Wednesday, not knowing what results to expect. To my surprise, the amazing pain relieving effect of the medication came immediately.  My head and neck no longer felt like they could have possibly hurt everyday for the last several years.  Wonderful! you say?  I did too, until nine hours later when the medication wore off. For. Good. Darn.
Naturally, it's discouraging when something you hope for doesn't happen the way you want it to.  But you can understand that.  So you gear your hopes up or another try, only maybe that doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to either.  With each new opportunity you're afraid to raise your hopes because you don't want to get hurt again. Your hope are no longer lightly squished like a grape, but instead dashed to pieces like a ship upon the rocks. It just doesn't seem fair, does it?

That's where wise old Fräulein Maria comes in.  You may try one door (or several), only to have it close-or slam-brazenly in your face, and in your heart.  It hurts. It REALLY hurts.  But when one door closes, somewhere a window opens up, just for us.  When one decision, option or opportunity in your life doesn't turn out like you wanted it to, it's not the end of the world.  You are just one step closer to finding one that will work out.  That, in and of itself, is a gift in disguise from God. Those closed doors are only leading us to more open windows. And the views from windows are much better than they are from doors.