The Sounds
The Smells! and the Colors!!!
I don't know why, but fall always reminds me of my favorite poem by Robert Frost:
The Road Less Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow road,
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 a 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.
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 a 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 when my life is going different than planned, I have to remind myself that the times that I have grown the most as a person and the times that I have enjoyed the most have been the times that I took the road less traveled by. It's taking the road less taken that makes life more interesting! Choosing the less trodden path can change our perspective and help us to see our strengths and weaknesses, as well as give us opportunities to serve others. I hope I can always take the road less taken!