I’m sure many of us have heard or even used the cliche: “when God closes one door, He opens another.”
Basically this phrase means that when an opportunity, or what seemed to be a great opportunity, is taken from you, God (or fate) will reward you with another one. This I believe, because I believe that God is too great and life is too long for the well-being of our lives to be dependant on one person, opportunity or ‘big-break’. Our purpose is bigger than that.
The problem I have, however, is that this phrase does not fully capture the truth of reality, there is something missing.

There are 2 other important points that this cliche fails to capture:

1) Sometimes people are kicked out of doors.

Many of us for whom doors were shut, they were not shut under peaceful or serene circumstances. Some people were kicked out while they were still enjoying the fruits of comfort, after they had poured the 2nd teaspon of sugar into the tea and still salivating over the tastiness of the chocolate cookies.

Just as you were getting comfortable, you were dragged by the scruff of your neck and booted out.
Some people were dumped by people that they had already dreamt of a future with, others had already signed off on future life plans after grand promises were made.

Some people have been fired from jobs while they were still hoping for a promotion or whilst they were still strategising on the best way to fund their first car.

Some people were robbed of business ideas and plans, others were kicked out of contracts by conniving adminstrators that wanted a share in the spoils.

So the exit out the door is not as uneventful, as the phrase suggests. Sometimes the doors are not even closed, for some of us they are kept open so we can still witness the enjoyment that still occurs without us, for others the doors were slammed in their faces mid-sentence, just as they were about to motivate for their stay.

2) There is a very dark and long hall-way in between.
When the doors are shut, and you can still hear the slamming of the door ringing in your ears, you are stuck in a very long and dark hallway. That hallway is probably the darkest you will ever see, much darker and even longer than the fourth watch of the night.

Yes you heard that there is another door that will open for you, but the problem is the process is too long and confusing.

Trying to find your door in the dark is a pretty testing process, one that stretches your faith and tests your boundaries, one that involves a lot of trips and stumbles.

I know people who have been in the dark hallway for 3 or even 5 years, I know people who have even given up hope on the existence of another door and decided to get comfortable in the darkness. I have even heard of people who have even died in the darkness.
It’s tough in the darkness.

The trick of the darkness is that one must be patient, persistent and have an ear for direction.
Don’t lose heart in the darkness, don’t doubt in the darkness, dont die in the darkness.

Because the truth is that the next door does exist, it is bigger than the previous one.

Behind it lies treasures and spoils never heard of before, that you had never even imagined with your mind.
When God closes one door, He doesn’t just open one, instead He opens one, that leads into other doors of opportunity.

The intention with allowing the previous one to be closed is that you would’ve gotten so comfortable in Egypt while the land of Milk and Honey awaits.
If you hadn’t been kicked out there you would’ve been comfortable with little when much awaits,
You would’ve been comfortable with being Good, when Greatness awaits.

So whether you’re already in the darkness or are still about to be kicked into it, I just wanted to let you know that there is nothing wrong with being in the darkness. It’s part of a mandatory process. Fall but don’t stay down, fail but don’t stop trying, cry but don’t stop dreaming. Remember: The Other Door Awaits.