TDWC – Life’s Journey
Dan Antion’s Fourth Annual Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2024 officially began on Wednesday, May 1st. The challenge runs through the entire month of May. We can submit as many entries as we like.
If you want to join the fun, pick a door, write a story, poem, novel, screenplay, musical score – anything at all – as long as it’s inspired by the door images (scroll down the page of Dan’s post).
I’ve written a poem inspired by Darlene Foster’s door image.
Life’s Journey
In the stillness of the night
There stands a door in a dim light
With flickering flame over tea
Softly whispering, “Come to me”
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The dreams in the back of our mind
Nudging us not to leave the moment behind
Fear and doubt may make us freeze
Preventing us to start anew with ease
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What lies beyond, we cannot see
While time slips quickly and fleets
The hesitation is plain and clear
The door will not forever be here
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Life’s journey is a succession of doors
Each one an entryway to uncharted shores
Some lead us to joy and delight
While others take us through the dark night
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All our choices are precious and meant to be
Each step we take defines our destiny
Without the doors and the paths we’ve gone through
We would not be where we are with a “Yoohoo.”
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The Showers of Blessings 
enjoyed your post with so much wisdom and interest woven in
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Thank you, Yvette. Darlene’s door image is inspirational.
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Great poem…life’s a journey of hills and valleys, both should be embraced..
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You wove a great deal of philosophy and truth into your wonderful poem about the door and what lies beyond it. It captured exactly what I think poems are supposed to be – beyond the photo – beyond the door – helping us get a view of life as we don’t know it. 🙂
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It was an inspiration of the moment, Marsha! How are all the appointments with you?
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What a beautiful poem, Miriam! My favorite part is the fourth stanza, uncharted shores.
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Thank you very much for reading and commenting, Brenda! The door image is inspirational. My daughter just took a new job. I’m glad she entered the door. That’s her uncharted shore but it’s a great opportunity for her.
I have problems with my laptop. My new one is on the way. I’ll try to visit your blog later.
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A very nice poem I heard
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Thank you very much!
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Beautiful poem, Miriam! I agree with Diana – doors lead to the rest of our lives.
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Thank you, Teri! I agree also. Experience and maturity help in choosing the doors to enter. Once we enter, we can do our best.
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Wow! Miriam, a wonderful poem that sweeps into our very existence, our dreams, the choices we make in life! Those doors will always keep appearing, now how will we approach them, what will our steps be once we’ve entered their new paths? Your last line is superb, a joyful homely lift of a cheerful welcome! A door that truly inspired you, my friend! Xx ❤️
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Darlene’s door image is ambiguous and inspirational at the same time. I’m also curious about the keys on the door. If I only had one chance to choose a key, I would have a hard time to make up my mind! Doors and keys are wonderful metaphors for life. Thank you so much for reading and your thoughtful comment, Annika! ❤
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Miriam such an amazing poem. Thanks Anita 😊
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Thank you very much for your kind comment, Anita! 🙂
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A beautiful poem, Miriam! And such an inspiring door!
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Thank you, Dawn! 😊 Darlene’s door image was inspirational. I could have written a longer poem including the keys on the door. I’ll revise the poem for my file.
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Hi Miriam, a lovely poem and a wonderful choice of door. I wanted to write for this one but I ran out of time with my trip abroad.
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Thank you, Robbie! Where did you go? We’re not going on vacation this year. We still have things to do to fix things in our new home. There is moss everywhere because it rains and has moist in the air 50% of the year. I’m still fixing the soil condition for the garden. I may share about this later.
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Hi Miriam, I was in Norway for 2 days and then in Amsterday for 2 days. This was split over 5 days as I had flights in between. It was very good. I went to visit the art galleries mainly. My husband was working in London and then Oslo so I just met him at the end and we had a few days of vacation.
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What a beautiful poem, Miriam, to go along with Darlene’s door image. Words of wisdom indeed!
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Thank you for reading, Terri! Sometimes it’s okay to take a little more at the moment if available, then let go later or pass them on!
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These doors do seem to encompass all of time, and your poem reflects that well. (K)
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Thank you very much, Kerfe!
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A lovely poem, Miriam. I’m fascinated by Darlene’s door blogs. So many varieties, just like people 🙂
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Those doors on Dan Antion’s blog are contributed by different bloggers, Debra. I made one contribution this year. It seems like we can use our doors as inspiration to write the post but I used Darlene’s. Yes, there are quite a few doors this year. 😊
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Lovely! Doors are such a great metaphor for life and all its challenges, decisions, and journeys.
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Thank you so much for visiting my blog, Carolyn! Yes, doors are a great metaphor for life. You have a wonderful blog about your figure skating and travel. It’s admirable for you to return to figure skating as an adult. What a great adventure to travel all over the world! I bookmarked your blog and hope to visit soon.
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What a sweet reply! Thank you so much, Miriam!
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You’re welcome, Carolyn!
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Beautiful poem, Miriam.
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Thank you very much for your comment! ❤
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My pleasure. 😇
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I like this stanza as it seems so true.
Life’s journey is a succession of doors
Each one an entryway to uncharted shores
Some lead us to joy and delight
While others take us through the dark night
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Thank you for reading and commenting, Amanda! It’s true, isn’t it? I’m thankful for the good doors and hope to have the strength to go through the unpleasant ones.
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Can visit my site too Just Believe shivshambhu
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Thank you for your visit, Akshra. I couldn’t see any posts on your site.
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Try again ma’am Just believe 🙏🏻shivshambhu
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I tried again but there are no posts.
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Nice 👏👏👍👍
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Hi Miriam, your poem contains such wisdom. I love the line “the door will not forever be here.” A door represents so many things to people. I’ve had many doors in my way and some of them eventually opened. A few doors remain locked for a long time and I’m still waiting for those doors to open.
This is a wonderful poem inspired by Darlene’s door photo. 🙂
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Good to see you, Key! It looks like you got a new theme for your blog! It looks wonderful. I have to read your recent post. I watched my grandkid all day today because she had no school. Waiting for doors to open can get anxious. What would you do if those few doors remained locked? Do you have any alternatives? I sure hope those doors will open for you eventually! Yes, Darlene’s door photo is inspiring to me. 🙂
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Wonderful poem, Miriam!
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Thank you very much, Priscilla!
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That’s a great poem, so ponderous, beautiful and with a great message. Darlene’s picture is also very atmospheric.
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Yes, Darlene’s picture made me think, Thomas! There are many keys on the doors. What if people only have three chances to choose the right key? Doors and keys are critical elements in our lives.
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Nice poem, Miriam.
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Thank you very much, Anneli!
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I love the message.
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Thank you, Jacqui. 😊
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A wonderful poem with a poignant message, Miriam!
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Thank you, Deborah! Something I face very often.
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A perfect meaningful poem to go with my door photo, Miriam. Well done!
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Great door photo, Darlene. 😍 The keys on the door are interesting but it would be a different point. 😉
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The door of life has many keys. We need to chose wisely which ones we use to unlock the door. xo
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That’s true, Darlene. My daughter entered one door just now. She’ll use different keys to enter another door later. ❤️
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Such true words, Miriam! We need those doors. Xo
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You’re right, Denise! We need those doors to keep moving and growing! ❤
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Very important message in this poem!
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Thank you, Liz! In my younger days, I pushed myself not to take too long to make a decision.
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You’re welcome, Miriam!
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I like this a lot, Miriam. Life is a series of doors, and you’ve captured the reason behind our thoughts as we approach them, and why we must go through. Excellent!
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I’m glad you like the poem, Dan! I like the metaphor of the ancient Roman goddess of chance. Her head is mostly bald, and wearing a long lock of hair on the front of her head for people to catch as she rushes by. Once she’s gone, they can’t grab her bald head.
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I’m so glad you took part in Dan’s challenge. Your poem is full of wisdom, my friend. No matter where our doors lead, we need to muster a little courage and go through them – they lead to the rest of our lives. ❤
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Did my reply go through, Diana? Jetpack is confusing. I’ll check on my computer later. We’re taking Nora to OMSI. She had no school today. ❤️
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🙂 I see this reply! I hope you had fun at OMSI. It’s great. I always want to play in the water. ❤
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One reply was that it takes more thinking before entering the doors because I can’t multitask as I used to.
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deep and profound
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I appreciate your kind comment, Annette!
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Brilliant, Miriam x
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Thank you so very much, Toni! ❤
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well done, Miriam. doors are meant to be opened –
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You’re right, Beth! Otherwise, what’s the purpose of doors?
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Always take a chance. A lovely read Miriam
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I’m glad I’ve taken many chances. Thank you, Brian!
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Nice poem. Amazing door pic.
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Thank you very much, Rajkkhoja!
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welcome,Mam!
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Excellent!
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Thank you so much for reading and your comment. I hopped over to follow you. Are you Linda?
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A beautiful poem! It is really nice! 🙂
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Thank you very much, Carol Anne. I’m glad you liked it! 🙂
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A beautiful poem Miriam. Where would we be without daring to open the closed doors.
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Exactly, Sadje! I had so much anxiety thinking about my future as a young adult. One piece of advice I appreciated so much was that “Never try, never succeed.” So I tried and am still trying.
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A very good piece of advice
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