Decisions make up up our book of life. They develop our character. From the minuscule to the gargantuan always moving us forward either cutting a new path or following an old. I always think back to Robert Frost’s The Road not Taken.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
I remember reading this as a teen and it has forever been on an infinite loop in my brain. I do not know why I read it, if it was an assignment or something in a news letter, but I remember it. The 1st decision was reading it. I always wonder how did my brain make the second decision to never forget it.
I do know 10 yrs ago I made a decision, forever changing my path. I did not make this decision lightly or without much consideration. I knew it was one of the life changing chapters of life.
And boy did it change my life! I know many people have heartache chapters or entire books. This decision was the start of mine.
Some people left my book entirely, others have small paragraphs on occasion, and a select few are in almost ever chapter. As the saying goes, I learned who has a seat at my table, and who will never sit at it again.
That decision changed my book of life drastically and altered many other books as well.Only time will tell how my book ends.
The path I chose for Chapter 37 is now behind me but forever in my heart and mind even here in the middle of Chapter 47 the “what if”I chose a different path is there.
I know even if I had chose a different path I would still have the “what if’s” but the “what ifs” are not as bad. Atleast that’s what I tell myself.
So back to Robert Frost…
Sorry I could not travel both
