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The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.

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; 5

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, 10

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. 15

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. 20

I learnt this poem few years back in high school. It still resonates in my mind. It talks about the choices that we have to make in life. The future is far beyond what we can see, only God knows. Every decision incurs a cost. We refer it as opportunity cost. Each option leads to specific and different experience. Every decision is an once-off event. You cant turn back. Let doubts take no foothold. We wonder. Assurance is what we seek. Let Faith take flight and look beyond the fathomable.

Bible says, Proverbs 14:12 (New International Version)
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

The journey to eternal life is full of challenges, tests, obstacles and failures. But in Him we stand firm. Good deeds will not assure us a part of the God's Kingdom. Believe. Lets climb the staircase together, by the strength and power from our Heavenly Father. Good thing never comes easy.