When One Door Closes
Today’s quote is from Helen Keller. Blind and deaf since infancy, she overcame these challenges to become a prolific author, speaker, and advocate for disability rights.
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that não vemos a que foi aberta para nós.we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
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The Plus version of this story
Quando uma de se , outra se , muitas vezes para a porta fechada que não a que foi aberta para nós.
When 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.
Today's vocabulary
🚪 Porta [femin. noun]: Door🥳 Felicidade [femin. noun]: Happiness🔐 Fechar-se: To close itself🔓 Abrir-se: To open itself☝️ Mas: But👁️ Olhar: To look➕ Tanto: So much👀 Ver: To see
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