The End of the Road - and - Behind the Mystery Door Contest
On my way to "The End of the Road"........
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(end of the road)
and very near,
I passed a mysterious doorway........
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(mysterious doorway)
What mystery lies behind????
Should I turn back from the End of the Road
and go through the Mystery Door?
You, dear steemsters, please help me decide!
On my way to the end of the road I have already seen many fabulous sights, experienced countless wonders. Some of them I have shown and spoken about here on Steemit - some of them I have not! Perhaps you recall some of them:
(that is a certified original Batman belt buckle that I am wearing!)
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(yes, I found the home of the secret ant society!)
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I have looked down from great heights
and seen out over vast distances
Both beauty and depravity
have surrounded me!
Beauty!
Beauty (on my doorstep)!
Depravity depicted!
Depravity in action!
I have slept in palaces and I have slept in ditches!
But what might lie behind this Door
near the End of The Road?
Dear Steemsters,
Can you help me decide?
I am offering 50, 25 or 15 steem for what I decide are the first, second, or third most thrilling and imaginative descriptions of what might lie behind that door!!! I need to be inspired - by YOU!
I suppose the possibilities are infinite.......from a complete Dead End to a Trillion Billowing Galaxy Multiverse!
Get out your crystal balls!
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Where will your imagination take you?
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Surprise me!!!!!!!
Rules Rules Rules!
To win 50, 25 or 15 steem
- Only one entry per steemian
- Entries from 1 to 100 words can be in a comment to this post.
- Entries over 100 words must be in your own post with the hashtag behindmysterydoor
- Entries are eligible until this post pays out in 7 days
- Decision of the Distinguished Panel of Judge, me, is final!
- An eligible entry must somehow tell what lies behind the door.
What mystery lies behind this door?
You tell me and possibly win 50, 25, or 15 steem!
Remember:
- Only one entry per steemian
- Entries from 1 to 100 words can be in a comment to this post.
- Entries over 100 words must be in your own post with the hashtag behindmysterydoor
- Entries are eligible until this post pays out in 7 days
- Decision of the Distinguished Panel of Judge, me, is final!
- An eligible entry must somehow tell what lies behind the door.
ouzo and out,
@onceuponatime
p.s.
- All images by @twiceuponatime unless otherwise specifically attributed
- No animals were harmed in the making of this post
- Even if onceuponatime and twiceuponatime don't agree on anything else..............
They both love you!
(so PLEASE upvote and resteem this post lol)
Behind that door are two long roads going to the right and left directions. Don't be afraid to pass through these roads because both will help you decide what kind of life you will have in the future. Along the road in the right direction you will find flowers, trees and a river. While on the left direction you will find rocks and desert.
You mean that even after facing the gut-wrenching decision as to whether to open the door or just pass on by......
I then must choose whether to go to the left or to the right?
This is outrageous! Unless, of course, I can go down one of the roads and @twiceuponatime goes down the other and I am finally rid of him! That would be a heaven-sent opportunity!
Don't worry the roads are interconnected. You can transfer from one road to another if you want to.
I don't think it is all that easy to cross over. I know they do mention the possibility in Stairway to Heaven, but I doubt that it is achieved by more than a few.
"Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on."
Wow. Nice post. I am quite inspired by the song. Crossing over then will be a big challenge. Maybe Divine Intervention will be needed.
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Seems that you are responding to @edong, not me. You might want to delete your comment here and make it as a a response to me.
okay sir I already deleted it. I already reaponsed it to you
Im so sorry about it sir
I believe that @twiceuponatime is hiding behind that closed door. Just sayin' :P
Oh my God! That's frightening!
Worst possible scenario!
Until he can meet me face to face - he's just another blowhard (trying to make a name for himself while pretending he has no connection to me).
@twiceuponatime Hehehehehe why are you so mean to him? Thanks for letting me use your photos though! I will give you credit twice once it's done, Twice.
Twice is my favorite number!!!
I could tell :P
Damn!
@onceuponatime I was wondering whether I could use that closed mystery door photo of yours (I'm sorry, I know it belongs to @twiceuponatime) for my entry post (I got inspired :P). In case I'm allowed to use it, I will totally give credit to both you and Twice!
I asked twice, and both times @twiceuponatime said it's OK with him to use it. But he (selfishly) said to only give credit to him, not me. He's like that, the jerk.
What if there's @twiceupoanatime WITH his evil twin? :P
Sounds possible and scary!
Double trouble! :P
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That batman buckle made me laugh.....wonderful contest!
I am thinking about putting it up for auction. If I do, what should I set the opening bid at?
I usually never give a price for unique @onartbali artefacts ....a honest and passionate collector will pay the right price
Just looking for the right opening bid price. I'm sure the bidding will go MUCH higher!
Tough question since it should be a “global” price 🙈😳
Oh, well then, maybe I should keep the original and just mass produce cheap knock offs for a global market. Skip the whole auction thing. I can even put a Gucci label, printed in China, on the back to make them extra special.
Hahahaa! Voila! That’s a good plan 😳
That batman buckle is priceless!!!!
Nope, we will discover a price for it when I auction it off :-)
I love the beautiful round building behind you and your certified original Batman belt buckle! 😊
What is behind the mystery door?
Once upon a time, as a desperate, helpless, numb young man walked the road of the end of life, a door appeared in front of him. He was already so weak that he didn't know was it a dream, insanity, death, or reality. Having nothing to lose, he put his hand on the door handle. As soon as he touched it, he felt that he is becoming one with the door which slowly sucked him through it and put him in a timeless space behind it. In that timeless space, he found love, compassion, mercy, smiles, kisses, hugs, safety, friendship, belonging, and warmth, although he was all alone. What he later realized, was amazing! The door led to his inner self.
Cheers,
@lifenbeauty
Oneness with the Door! Awesome!
House of Many Doors
Forbidden fruit fed me
Hidden eyes led me
To the House of Many Doors.
Woe is me,
I turned to see
I was without a key
Only, yes only, only
A need to be
Beyond all doors.
@onceuponatime
Hello, @onceuponatime, intriguing prompt--here's my entry:
Beautiful!!! Thank you for your contribution!
Unfortunately, your entry did not meet with Rule number 3, so it is not eligible for one of the prizes. But it is indeed a VERY good contribution!
3. Entries over 100 words must be in your own post with the hashtag behindmysterydoor
Really glad you enjoyed it, and sorry I did not follow the rules more closely. I will consider your very warm appreciation as my prize! PS, inspired by your fine poem above, 'House of Many Doors', here's a small word gift, for you, under a 100 words :)
Every jammed door has its trick
how much pressure to apply
where to push, just so, how deep
at what angle to jiggle, pull out
So, too, with the apparently
difficult doors of opportunity
that stubbornly balk at all rattling
yet suddenly yield at the key moment.
—@YahiaLababidi
Have a wonderful weekend, @onceuponatime
_/|\_Behind that door I hope to find my country Venezuela that we had 20 years ago, where there was respect, tolerance, good habits, security, food, union and peace. Where people struggled to work and not kneel before a group of tyrants I got a bag of food to feed their children, where there was freedom of thought, and a true democracy
That's a great thing to wish for!
Thanks for your comment in my contest!
I know what lies behind that door... Chaos. A whole other world where you cannot have control of anything, where you meet your darkest fears, where you are not that significant. A door that nobody really wants to open but when you do, you become wiser.
PS: The belt rocks!
No fair! You peeked! LOL
I thought peeking was allowed :P
This isn't a board game!
This is even more exciting!
Not all journeys have to come to an end, nor do roads. After a long, wonderful and hard trip, you open the door at the end of the road to find a nice reclining chair in front of a large table of incredible food; you eat until you're full, and take a nap. Once awake, you find yourself back at the beginning of the road, ready to restart your adventure on an alternative route :)
Nice thought!
Thanks! :)
@onceuponatime, behind the mystery door you see a wise man pointing you to continue to travel on the 'Road less traveled'. This is the door of wisdom where courage is needed to open. While it seems fearful and mysterious, all your anxious thoughts are removed when you see this road that is paved with golden stairs leading you to another kind of life that we are not used to see in this world. It is the world beyond. In one of the photo, you have a man in the wheelchair. They represent old people who had gone on before us and are waiting for us on the other side. Once you open the door to get through the mystery road, you won't want to come back because everything on this road less travelled leads us to a real paradise. But on the other hand, the wise man there allows us to come back to the door to tell our family what the mysteries are. That wise man is 'me' and now that you have visited this eternal bliss, you can tell this story to others.
Rosa
(BTW, I want to let you know that I became a dolphin today. Do you remember how I came into Steemit last year and I posted about celebrating my birthday with my hubby and I asked you guys to guess the age? I want to thank you so much that you took interest in my post and gave my hubby a big birthday present for upvoting that post. That kindness of yours are forever embedded in my heart so today I want to know I made it to become a dolphin.)
Thank you for your comment and interesting interpretation of what's behind the door! There is much wisdom in your words. Unfortunately I can't consider it for one of the prizes because you didn't follow Rule number three:
I’m just dropping a comment to say what a fabulous contest this is. I desperately want to enter because I enjoyed the prompt so much, but I just won’t do this one any justice with the time I have. So I’m going to reluctantly see this one pass by. :(
I’m going to keep my eye open on your blog and be better prepared for your next @onceuponatime challenge! :)
Thank you. Time! What a merciless thing!
Warm thanks for dropping by and your upvotes! Unexpected, but so very kind. :)