Thursday's Thoughtfuls

The Road Not Taken

by: Robert Frost (1874-1963)

WO 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.

From time to time I wonder where I would be had I taken a different road in life. I wonder what I would be doing.... if I would be happy..... I'm glad I chose the path I'm on- because I AM happy, I LOVE what I do for a living, I'm CONTENT with where I am, and I'm BLESSED beyond what I deserve! Yes, I could have easily taken the smoother road- but I did not. It was a long run, but now that I'm at the finish line, I'm so glad I took the road less traveled.