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.
Life is all about choices. At every turn, life throws a decision to make, a decision that once taken cannot be undone. One you will have to live with, A decision which you will look back and rue or be thankful for – and you dont know which. Some times the choice is between a conventional, safe route and an adventurous route with an empty signboard.
The path that everyone expects you to take- the safe route- will take you the way a lot of people have taken – *so many* people that, nobody remembers any of them. They don’t do anything groundbreaking. They lead safe, predictable and boring lives. They might even think it could be worse had they taken the new path!
The risky route is, well, risky. Mind you, it might later prove to be a huge success, making the decision a masterstroke. But most of the times the decision turns out to be plain stupid and the whole world says “I told you so”. You know that you have to take the unchartered way to be a creator, to do something significant. But it is not just you that is going down the dark lane. Do you have it in you to drag your near and dear through a passage that only you believe is a better one.
What do you place your trust on, when you make the plunge. It cannot be fate. You create your fate through conscious decisions and you cannot expect fate to clean up your mess. It cannot be luck. You cannot leave life changing decisions to matters of probability. It cannot be God. You have to take responsibility of your actions.
It can only be on your realization of your potential. You look inside and find that you have the spark that will leave a trail long after you pass the track. You understand your life is too short to play safe. You say to yourself “I better start the trek uphill soon if i plan to reach my destiny” . And then you step confidently..
But are you ready to risk losing it all and looking like a fool five years down the line?
P.S: This is not an attempt to summarize the Robert Frost classic. I am staring in the face of such a choice. I wish i could tell u more but i am bound to non-disclosure. If you read between the lines and think that the choice is something between pursuing a technological career in a financial company and becoming a co-owner of a startup on Search Engines, you wouldn’t be wrong *grin*. This blog is to keep a record of my struggle.. and hopefully down the line , i would look back at this page and remember with glee ” ..and i made the right choice”.
I think. 