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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 marked 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.
This is one of the poems from which I took the company name "The Path I Choose". In this life, we but one traveller so we can only choose one path. This is an incredibly powerful notion, that we can choose our own path. If we believe that, then there are no excuses, no outside forces to blame and we must take full responsibility. Wow, taking full responsibility. It doesn't sit well with a lot of people for myriad reasons but mostly becuase we've learned to surrender a lot of our decision making to others.
It's at the crux of the current financial situation we find ourselves in now. We trusted financial institutions with our money making decisions, we trusted our politicians to govern with integrity and we trusted what we earn to companies that pay just enough to keep you.
So when you stand at a V in the road of life, first consider that you have a choice and then be prepared to stand by it. While many subscribe to the axiom scientia potentia est the truth is knowledge is only powerful if you act on it.
Now, time for my walk...
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 marked 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.
This is one of the poems from which I took the company name "The Path I Choose". In this life, we but one traveller so we can only choose one path. This is an incredibly powerful notion, that we can choose our own path. If we believe that, then there are no excuses, no outside forces to blame and we must take full responsibility. Wow, taking full responsibility. It doesn't sit well with a lot of people for myriad reasons but mostly becuase we've learned to surrender a lot of our decision making to others.
It's at the crux of the current financial situation we find ourselves in now. We trusted financial institutions with our money making decisions, we trusted our politicians to govern with integrity and we trusted what we earn to companies that pay just enough to keep you.
So when you stand at a V in the road of life, first consider that you have a choice and then be prepared to stand by it. While many subscribe to the axiom scientia potentia est the truth is knowledge is only powerful if you act on it.
Now, time for my walk...
