Wouldn’t it be great if every day was sunshine and rainbows? We
But unfortunately life does sometimes bring difficult decisions, and uncomfortable conversations. In many cases we brought to a crossroads on life where a decision has to be made and unfortunately, as adults, we might have to make difficult yet life changing decisions.
The famous poet Robert Frost wrote these words over 100 years ago…
“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.”
Sometimes the journey is messy and overgrown – the road needs paving.
Guidance provided and grace given – the only way to help humans move forward is by building relationships and understanding where each individual journey starts – we can not impact change by ignoring the overgrow and jagged path – nor can we force change by solely focusing on the outcomes. It is a process to be engaged.
Will you walk the easy road? Or Will you be a change agent with desire to take the road less travelled?
Adele Josephine 