Paths Not Taken

It was fairly simple for Robert Frost in 1916.The poet only looked back and mused about “the road not taken.” One road. Just one? I think back on a myriad of roads and paths, a maze of choices, one leading to another fork, each branching until it is difficult to remember the way originally taken. With decisive moments in life, I found none of the roads appear to be well traveled or even IF there were any roads at all. Instead, a path had to be hacked through brambles, coursed over rocky terrain, and forded across dangerous rapids. Surviving and relishing the pathways taken became their own rewards and memories.

Photo by J.L. Snyder