The Road Not Taken
~Robert Frost
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.
All afternoon I've been trying to decide whether to go to book club or yoga this evening. I should go to book club, but I want to go to yoga. Actually I am pleased that I read the book, True Grit, and found the female protagonist amazing. Last night at another book club I suggested that I would even rent the movie but thought some scenes might be graphic, such as the pit, after all it is a Coen brothers movie (They confirmed this.). Anyway, I've been trying to decide what to do about this evening. On my ride home, I "went back and forth". Part of my problem is that I feel guilty skipping book club even though I will feel better going to yoga. After a text conversation with a friend, I have made my decision. I will go to yoga and try to let the guilt go. Maybe a little guilt is tolerable since it's Lent. Besides, the yoga practice will help me relax and let the guilt leave. Yoga not book club, the decision is official.
My Thanks...
1) final decision made (yoga)
2) sound of snow melting (rain and not snow)
3) guilt doesn't work on the papers I left at school (well, only a little)
The introductory poem might be a little extreme since my decision was not of major importance, but I thought of it as I was typing. I used it yesterday in class and was amazed at the many students like it... "oldie but goodie".
~Robert Frost
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.
All afternoon I've been trying to decide whether to go to book club or yoga this evening. I should go to book club, but I want to go to yoga. Actually I am pleased that I read the book, True Grit, and found the female protagonist amazing. Last night at another book club I suggested that I would even rent the movie but thought some scenes might be graphic, such as the pit, after all it is a Coen brothers movie (They confirmed this.). Anyway, I've been trying to decide what to do about this evening. On my ride home, I "went back and forth". Part of my problem is that I feel guilty skipping book club even though I will feel better going to yoga. After a text conversation with a friend, I have made my decision. I will go to yoga and try to let the guilt go. Maybe a little guilt is tolerable since it's Lent. Besides, the yoga practice will help me relax and let the guilt leave. Yoga not book club, the decision is official.
My Thanks...
1) final decision made (yoga)
2) sound of snow melting (rain and not snow)
3) guilt doesn't work on the papers I left at school (well, only a little)
The introductory poem might be a little extreme since my decision was not of major importance, but I thought of it as I was typing. I used it yesterday in class and was amazed at the many students like it... "oldie but goodie".
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