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Two roads diverged in a yellow
wood,
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And sorry I could not travel both
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And be one traveler, long I stood
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And looked down one as far as I
could
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To where it bent in the undergrowth;
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I shall be telling this with a sigh
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Somewhere ages and ages hence:
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
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I took the one less traveled by,
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And that has made all the
difference.
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- The
Road Not Taken …Robert Frost
We will be at
cross-roads at some point in our life where we have to make a choice …the
choice of which makes all the difference.
Depending on who you are , you may take the road that is most traveled by or the one that is less traveled…
To me though, that must not be the point of debate for long…Point is ,
once having decided which road to be taken , are we focused on the current road, enough? As an
example, If you keep thinking “What if I had chosen the other road?” and start ruminating about it, …you lose
motivation…you keep thinking of turning back time and again…complaining about
the environmental factors that one cannot control ! Keep sulking at your decision in hindsight ! Your progress on the current
road comes to a grinding halt...
On the other
hand, you commit yourself to the current road…accept it with all the potholes
and roadblocks …burn the bridges that you pass, so as not to think of return back…that make you battle-hardened to face the problems …You end up seeing a change in
yourself for the better! A change that appreciates the effort that you have put through irrespective of the result! More importantly
,you keep making progress!
So you
see…the issue is not really due to The Road Not Taken …It is really about how you traverse The Road Taken!