Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveller, 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

…Robert Frost

I know this is often quoted at graduations and the like, but the most intriguing portion for me is the second to last stanza that talks about leaving the other path for another day.  There is almost the idea that the person may come back but he/she is not certain to come back.  And by the end of that stanza, it is clear that the decision is made.  There is no turning aside to the other way.

Have you ever considered the fact that perhaps that the most successful people in the world do take the path that is less traveled?  They don’t do everything that most of the world does.  It’s actually an interesting premise, in my opinion.  I know I am not taking the way that most people would take.  I have some who can’t believe I decided to come back and live with my parents after being on my own for most of my life.  But you know what?  I took that road less traveled, and that has made all the difference!