Two roads diverged in a yellow wood;
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
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.
Poem by Robert Frost (1874-1963)
The 'difference' is: you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it. Each path of life branches off into another direction.
The choice, as concept, of taking one path or road instead of the other is simple. Though knowing oneself and taking risks needs courage: one path being quite harder to take than any other, with more gain or less gain. And to make it even more complicated, you cannot always know in advance. Will the choosen path be a life changer or just a 'passing-through-event'?
Which path will you take in 2012? I wish you a merry Christmas and all the best for 2012!
