"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Excerpt- The Road Not Taken-Robert Frost
Frost's famous poem about making choices is so simple and pure in its imagery that it perfectly captures those hushed feelings we confront when presented by a choice that will commit us down a path of experience.
So much effort we employ to glide along the currents which will carry us, with our friends and family, along familiar shores. To choose a course past those currents takes more than courage - it takes work. One rarely stops to ponder the truth that, in America, the currents which guide us are often man-made and take us on a ride for others gain. The easy path profits another.
So new direction makes for rougher rides, barked shins, few amenities. It can be quiet and lonely, broken perhaps by the advice that you've lost your way. It may be some grey day when the sight of another traveler slicing through cold waters with the easy confidence of a experienced sailor hails you as a brother on the water - and you realize you're not alone, youre on course.
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
Excerpt- The Road Not Taken-Robert Frost
Frost's famous poem about making choices is so simple and pure in its imagery that it perfectly captures those hushed feelings we confront when presented by a choice that will commit us down a path of experience.
So much effort we employ to glide along the currents which will carry us, with our friends and family, along familiar shores. To choose a course past those currents takes more than courage - it takes work. One rarely stops to ponder the truth that, in America, the currents which guide us are often man-made and take us on a ride for others gain. The easy path profits another.
So new direction makes for rougher rides, barked shins, few amenities. It can be quiet and lonely, broken perhaps by the advice that you've lost your way. It may be some grey day when the sight of another traveler slicing through cold waters with the easy confidence of a experienced sailor hails you as a brother on the water - and you realize you're not alone, youre on course.
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