And that has made all the difference...

Have you ever wondered 'what if'? (i.e., What if you had actually done 'x'? or What if you had done 'y' differently?) Well, I can happily say that to this day, I am fortunate enough to have avoided the mind-nagging 'what ifs' that can occur in life. And, recently I have found that change can provide a new, unexpected perspective.

On Friday night, as I walked home, I passed by the Capitol Hill Ward church house on 7th street. There were a bunch of cars in the parking lot and so I decided to see what was going on. It was a bunch of women from the ward, celebrating their heritage and eating delicious food. One of the women had some kind of a tie to Robert Frost (or maybe just liked his poetry) and read "The Road Less Traveled". I have always loved this poem, but considering the circumstances, it offered new insight into the choices we make in life.

The Road Less Traveled
by: 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