Robert Frost wrote a poem entitled "The Road less Traveled"
"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"
As we all know, life is kind of it's own free spirited being. It can be kind, and it can be cruel. At least, from our perspective it can be. And in our darkest or troubling times if we remember that the Lord is in control and that He loves us and will intervene on our behalf sometimes. But at the times we hit that cross roads, taking the road less traveled will often be the harder choice - a choice I have made several times in my life, and will most likely make several more times - just like the end of the poem, it will make all of the difference in our lives both present and future. Taking it one step at a time, we will eventually understand the bigger picture, and arrive at the place that Heavenly Father wants us to be.
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