Haiku: An Anywhere Door
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” Joseph Campbell
Haiku: An Anywhere Door – Beckons
Haiku: An Anywhere Door – Beckons
You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‘Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward. Joel Osteen
An Anywhere Door
Beckons … takes us where we wish
Soul expeditions
Journey to the soul
Pathway Opens … doors to road
Tonight, the heart rests.
In times of darkness
our souls search for calmer climes
Anywhere we can…
We live in tumultuous times, and some of us would love to escape, even if only for a while, to calmer climes. I bet we can all imagine walking through an Open door into new worlds and vistas to explore… Find yours!
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Coco Chanel
Haiku: An Anywhere Door – Beckons
I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we’re all teachers – if we’re willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door. Marla Gibbs
Anywhere we go
Time Machines tick-tock away
Pass on that … today
A helmet of pain
Invisibility hurts
We’ll pass that door … too
Take the Open Door
Dive in oceans your heart calls
Swim from pissed to … Peace
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“Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.” Kyle Chandler
Haiku: An Anywhere Door – Beckons
Haiku: An Anywhere Door – Beckons
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. Johnny Cash
Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open. Pauline Kael
Dokodemo Door
A flight of fancy beckons
To wellness or woe?
Rediscover bliss
Enter your Anywhere Door
Where to go? YOU know…
My fellow bloggers were equally creative with their selections. Check out how others interpreted the theme, Pick Your Gadget, below.
A WP Daily Post prompt inspired this post: Pick Your Gadget. Your local electronics store has just started selling time machines, anywhere doors, and invisibility helmets. You can only afford one. Which of these do you buy, and why?
Positive Motivation Tip: Walk through your anywhere door and discover your own bliss…
PHOTO CREDITS/ATTRIBUTIONS: All Photos from my Personal Collection.
Until Next Time…
Ask. Believe. Receive. ©
Elizabeth Obih-Frank
Mirth and Motivation
Positive Kismet
I would love a magic door to be able to go explore new places. How cool would that be?
Love the quotes you have here! So true! Like the use your foot to keep it pryed open! and Joel Olsteen’s quote.. Like the pictures too. 🙂
Love this! Open doors – they offer such possibilities. A chance to move ahead and not look back!
Such beautiful doorways. The work that went into them, and talent. I wish there were more like this.
My husband laughs at me when I take pictures of doors. Aren’t they gorgeous?
I love this haiku it’s very true to life and very inspirational. That’s a great quote by Coco Chanel too!
Very inspiring! I am at a turning point in my life, and this is a helpful reminder to push myself through the door even if I am scared what is on the other side.
I love that wonderful quote from Joseph Campbell. Thanks for sharing your photos. They look stunning.
Ha! Ilove the idea of walking through a new door to somewhere else. That’s one reason I love to travel.
That Coco Chanel post is pretty awesome. I really like that, and I’m going to jot it down.
I like a door that leads to where I want to go.
“Discover your bliss.” How I love that line! 🙂
Woah! Intriguing thoughts. It’s a toss up between anywhere doors and time machines. I suppose time machines might be able to take me anywhere in time, so that one could kill two birds with one stone.
Very inspiring article… I always look for opportunities and be positive
Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. Kyle Chandler….love love this post
I also like taking photos of doors and windows. For me they represent opportunities, hope, and a welcome change. A door is a passage to something new.
I love the analogy of an open door. Speaking from personal experiences I put up personal walls that I must get rid of in order to go through open doors.
That’s a very motivational post. So true esp when you say //Take the Open Door. Go wherever your heart calls. To Worlds of bliss//.
We can’t wait for someone to make us happy. We have to find our own happiness. indeed the world is bliss….
Btw, have you been to India? Some of your pics, look like India!!!
Great post and great quotes as well. Yes, there is always a door to walk through that gets you closer to your bliss…unfortunately, some do not realize and stay stuck unhappy.
I smiled as I read this as I have come to another door and this time, as with many times before, I am setting to walk through it of my own volition. I love the metaphor.
I would choose the anywhere door. I have family all over the world and we never get to see them.
Who would have thought a door would be so beautiful! I love all of these “open doors” 🙂
Beautiful! I am always looking for open doors…you never know where they will take you once opened.
I feel to really succeed at anything you have to fail at least once. Failure teaches you so much and makes it all the better when you finally succeed 🙂
I just adore this beautiful set of photos. Thank you for the positive message, great way to start a day.
I have a weird obsession with doors! There is something curious about the history of a door and what may be behind it. 🙂
Beautiful poem and photographs. I love the line “walk through your anywhere door”.
Amazing pictures of doors. I’d like to think of the closed doors as my past and the open doors are new opportunities for me to try.
I am grateful for the doors that God allows to open and close. I trust that He knows what is best for me and my journey. I love the collage of the various doors.
Love this post, every door that is open has opportunity for individuals.
Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. Kyle Chandler I really responded to this quote. It is full of so much truth
I love the positivity of this post, this week I’ve walked through a new door and I’m hoping that there will be positive outcomes x
I love that Coco Chanel quote you snuck in there! I believe there are always open doors, you just have to find them for yourself
We certainly do have to move through A LOT of doors to get where we need to be!
Oh I have had a long love with time travel. I’d probably buy a time travel machine, but, an anywhere door sounds very intriguing.
I agree with “I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose.” This is very true based on my personal experience. Love the architecture of those doors.
Great word. I agree people are put in your path for a reason. I also like Joel Olsteen, he’s really great positive person.
The door symbolizes changes, mistakes, and happiness. I made it a point in my life to leave the pass behind and not reopen but heal the wound then move on.
I love doorways and like you, enjoy taking photos of them. Those archways are just lovely.
i have yet to master the art of haiku – it IS a beautiful art 😀
What a inspiring post, I really enjoyed reading this. We can in, in any door we wanted.
Such a lovely post, I remember someone says to me that opportunity knocks at once.
I hope a door will open to a person I know right now who needs enlightenment. I hope God will touch the heart of this person and show her the way.
I sure am facing a lot of closed doors right now, so hopefully my open ones are right around the corner!
Wonderful their so huge. It feels like a giant could pass thru it.
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Coco Chanel knows what she’s talking about. It’s very easy to get stuck in the idea of turning something into an opportunity when all along it’s been nothing but a barricade instead. Wise words!
Your Campbell quote and the Coco Chanel quote both talk about finding doors where there are only walls. Sometimes we find ourselves trapped in a hopeless situation. Prayer more often than not leads to enlightenment. We should keep a clear head, and the solution will come.
I always tell people to not look at closed doors negatively. Like you said, just move on to the next one and think that that closed door is a ticket to get to the opened door.
These doors are beautiful! I love the quote about failures being stepping stones. I tell my kids that all the time. I don’t know if they “get it” just yet, but one day they will 🙂
We get to experience a lot of closed doors but finding that one open one could be worth all the effort. We learn from failure and rejection and it’s when we get to appreciate the open doors we get to cross.
Discovering my own bliss year after year it seems to change. What beautiful doors to walk through.
I always look forward to your Haiku postings. I used to do tons of Haikus myself. I still do, but not as much. I love the pictures you use too. Great use of images.
Such beautiful photos. I agree with following ones bliss doors will open – I feel the same every single day!
Haiku is a beautiful art – one that i actually used to do years ago 😀
You can’t go anywhere without crossing over into a new door 🙂 I love this posts.
I love your photos. The quotes from Joseph Campbell and Coco Chanel are spot on too!
Great post indeed. There is a lot of doorways in our life but we need to choose one to which where we want to go.
I love how doors symbolize where we were, are, and going. It’s so important to live in the moment 🙂
Wow, such an inspirational post.. I love quotes and especially the Joseph Campbell’s quote at the top!!
Life can be so frustrating at times and we sometimes feel that we get doors slammed on our faces. The only way to reach our dreams is to continue to knock, to open doors and move forward. “Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.”
I love the way you interpreted this prompt and the photos you chose!
I like the Marla Gibbs quote. I knew I recognized her name but I couldn’t remember what from and then I looked her up. 🙂
Nice photo collection! I always feel a sense of excitement when I see “friendly” doors because you’ll never know what kind of adventure awaits you inside 🙂
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Coco Chanel that is an awesome quote! such true words that we should all remember.
I love the quote abut not spending time beating on a wall hoping it will transform into a door. The door pictures are beautiful and inspiring. Love you content as usual!
The architectural design of those walls are just very brilliant. Something you would really want to get a photo of.
I love the doors. Reminds me o having options n life.:)
Haikus are the shortest though not the simplest poems you can make. You just need an inspiration to start. I love that you were able to beautifully weave a story together by using several of them. You’re such an poet. 🙂
I’m getting lost in those beautiful arches. Lovely.
I really like the idea of an anywhere door. Really nice door pics too!
Gorgeous entryways and great photos.
this is inspiring..doors reminds me of opportunities and even surprises..I always pray for new doors to open for me…
These are all lovely door entrance. I love looking at old churches because they have intricate design and structure.
Wow! All the doors designs looks beautiful especially the last picture which is my favorite.
A very nice haiku. A nice note to leave the day on. Thanks for sharing!
I love your poem today! I’d love to explore other doors from time to time, to relax and check how much more the world can offer.
That is a beautiful quote from Joseph Campbell followed by some wonderful pictures which always adds more value to your posts and to the related topic. I agree, Opportunity does not knock & that you must build on your failure to stand up.
Doors for me represent both challenges and opportunities. Whether it’s a challenge or an opportunity, it’s our attitude that determines how we overcome the challenge and how we maximize the opportunity we meet along the way.
Exactly… 😉
This is lovely! Your haiku is amazing. A very inspirational post.
Doors are one of my favorite parts about buildings – they usually have so many different and beautiful architectural details!
I agree! There were walls I’ve faced recently, and yes, doors were opened where there seems to be none. 🙂