The Road Not Taken

AS I REFLECT on my life it is clear that when I have taken the road less traveled, the road has usually been rockier, but undoubtedly has proven to be the most rewarding of the two. So why then do I not pick that road to begin with! Like Steven Covey says, "Begin with the end in mind". Knowing how rewarding the end will be, why do I still choose the more frequented path more often! As I venture out into singlehood again after choosing to end a 14 year marriage, I wonder how my life would have been had I only taken the road less traveled back then. At the ripe old age of 24, I felt I could conquer the world & thus nobody could tell me that I was making the biggest mistake of my life - well, they could have, but I wouldn't have listened. The adage, "Love is all that matters" (I'm laughing hysterically even writing that) how foolish a thought! Kiddos, hate to break it to you, but love is NOT enough...but that's a whole other post.  "Had I only"..."should have"..."If things had been"...all the things I have said over & over to make sense of the years I spent trodding down the wrong path...or was it? Perhaps it was the road I was supposed to take in order to arrive at the remarkable place I am at right now - to arrive back at the beginning with the chance to make a new choice. Dear Mr. Frost, I think your take has a loop-hole, an opportunity for a do-over, a Plan B. I am courageous, hopeful, observant, adventurous & do I dare say, happy & all this has come from my experiences on the frequented path of popular choice & only now am I again ready to take the road less traveled & the journey to here has made all the difference!

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