Saturday, November 5, 2011

A Poem can change your Life Path

A Poem Can Change Your Life Path.

Today, after a rather exhausting day of working with a dear friend on her landscaping, I arrived home and checked email.  One thing led to another and a moment later I was reminded of a poem that changed my views some many years ago.  The poem was given to me on a plaque by an old boyfriend.  I'm grateful for the gift he gave, as it has indeed "made all the difference."  Now I want to share that poem.  It's by Robert Frost and is shared from the Poetry Foundation.

By taking the road "less traveled by" my path took me to many places, introduced me to many people, taught me many lessons, and encouraged growth, insight, and knowledge.  I am who I am today because of the path I chose and even though I acknowledge that I am a bit to handle, I love who I have become, as I am one of a kind.  Thank you Robert Frost for the poem.

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 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.
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POETRobert Frost 1874–1963

POET’S REGIONU.S., New England

POETIC TERMSRhymed Stanza

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