
The Road Not Taken
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.
Robert Frost
Photo credit: Jan Kenneth Aarsund
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Um, I hate to break it to you Corina, being such a romantic and all, but choice is an illusion. : )
ReplyDeleteIllusion is the first of all pleasures Roy Dopson =D
ReplyDeleteCorina Marinescu Don't get me started on pleasure!!
ReplyDeleteFree will is always in play. Your choice...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that!!
ReplyDeleteNat Manley Andrew A., At the most fundamental level/perspective of Reality, there are no separate individuals and no separate, individual events/experiences. There's just one phenomena occurring all at once. The thought process projects the illusion of individuality and this-and/or-that (dualism).
ReplyDeleteThe illusion is very convincing, I know, but spend 14 or-so years observing the thought-action process within your own consciousness and you will come to see that there is no "your name here" that exists independently of your thoughts.
Nat Manley I has been my experience that, from a certain perspective, actions are not motivated or instigated by thought. Furthermore, any appearance of specific, individual phenomena and events is an illusion projected by thought.
ReplyDeleteRoy Dopson Is that a Deepak Chopra quote? ;)
ReplyDeleteI love images of paths in green forests. This one is as shadowy as it is verdant.
ReplyDeleteOne of my all time favorites :)
ReplyDeleteMine too, John =)
ReplyDeleteBtw, have an awesome year! Sorry, missed to annoy you with new year wishes =D
We have a whole year ahead of us to annoy and delight each other :-D
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