when one door closes another opens
wen WUN DOR KLOH-zez uh-NUH-ther OH-penz
wɛn wʌn dɔːr ˈkloʊzɪz əˈnʌðər ˈoʊpənzListen
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the end of one opportunity is followed by the emergence of a new and perhaps better one; the closing of one chapter of life makes way for another to begin; attributed to Alexander Graham Bell, who wrote in a letter that when one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the one which has opened for us; the proverb counsels against excessive mourning for lost opportunities and encourages openness to what comes next
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