DORAS EILE!

While living on the Aran islands, with interchanging, gale-force winds, it was quite a common occurrence to be told “Doras eile!” ( the other door). Then, the back-door became the front-door. The more traditional cottages had no distinction between front or back. The home was built to comfort the dweller, and the visitor, and keep out the wind.

I was thinking about this as I struggled home the other day, against a northerly wind.

There are times when we are faced with spiritual challenges. Perhaps we’ve lost our way, or the way we know doesn’t seem to work anymore for us. We can’t get in. The `door’ is bolted. What can we do?

We may need the willingness to try ‘doras eile’, another way in. Perhaps we’re being invited to let go of old ways and open ourselves to new ways. Just like the old saying,

`If God closes one door, He opens another.’

Just say to yourself, ‘ Doras eile, mais se do thoile.’ (Other door, if you please.)