The Road Not Taken 😏🤷♂️
Two paths diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by.
And it led to Parkside Drive. If I'd taken the other path, it would have looped around into High Park's dog park.
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
I was chatting with a client recently when he mentioned an analogy about being in the woods. So I decided to throw a metaphorical dart. 🎯
I asked him if there were two paths diverging in the wood.
Turns out my client has a bone 🦴😠 to pick about this poem (similar to the one I have about the chicken and the egg 😂), and he spent a few minutes educating me.
Apparently the poem is NOT about taking the road less travelled vs the road more travelled by - it's about taking ANY road vs sitting around at the crossroads, never deciding, and never taking any road at all.
This, to me, feels a bit like life.
Many people forget that not making a decision, or putting off making a decision, is, in itself, a decision.
Some times, we just need to commit.
And where we go isn’t as important as the fact that we’re moving.
As for me? I was on a walk in High Park on a beautiful day. Either of the paths suited me just fine.
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