Two Roads & Dried Leaves

Robert Frost's Poem, "The Road Not Taken", has always been one of my favorite poems.

"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;	5
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,	10
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.	15
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."

Isn't that beautiful? I love it. When I was young, a great friend wrote this poem on the first page of a journal she gifted me. I remember goofing around, reading it to her and acting silly so I could make her laugh. Terri had the best laugh (and I'm sure she still does). Her laugh filled the room and her eyes would overflow with tears...it was awesome. She was - and is - awesome....great memories around this poem. 

Year's later, as a teacher, I would assign this poem to my class for typing practice or as a Word Processing assignment....I loved sharing with my students. 

Tonight, I just read it to my oldest daughter. She loved it. Isn't is great how words live on? Isn't it amazing the power words have on us? Their impact, whether written or spoken, should not be taken without thoughtful consideration and the realization of the responsibility each author bears to the reader.

I've always felt that "I took the road less traveled by"....and it has made all the difference in my life. The Bible also talks about the "narrow way" and the choice between two paths. In Matthew 7: 13-14 kjv

"¹³ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in there at:

¹⁴ Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

There are no words spoken or written that have more power than the Holy Word of God.

"⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3: 5-6

Put your feet to the narrow path, the road less traveled, and put your trust in the Lord.

Keep on keep'n on...