I know... I know... I know... it has been a long time since I have posted. Months in fact. My life has been crazy busy; four classes, wedding planning, getting married, having a marriage, work, and planning our move to North Carolina. I wish I could make this blog more of a priority, but life seems to be getting in the way. At least, in retrospect, that is my rationalization. Which leads me to the reason for this post...
In class the other day we explicated Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken." It is amazing how wrong and right a person can be at one time. On the surface, Frost seems to be speaking about certainty, "I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference." It is a beautiful poem that I thought was about making choices and taking the road that is best for you. However, I was reminded to look at the title of this poem, "The Road NOT Taken." It was not just about the choice to take a specific path, but about the path that was left...the one the speaker did not take.
So, what was Frost saying? What was his purpose in creating this philosophical question in the context of his story? His story.I think that is the genius of Frost--he created a story that I got wrapped up in; I saw what I wanted to see. My response, to his poem, proved his very point. Everyday we make choices. Most of these choices are minor (do I really need a cinnamon bun for breakfast? Which shirt should I wear? etc.), but some are life changing (where to go to school, the career we choose, the person we marry, and so on). We make these choices, we live with them, and then we rationalize that if it were not for our choices we wouldn't be who, and where, we are today.
The truth of the matter is that it is difficult to pinpoint the exact decisions that got us to where we are today, because we cannot go back and make the other choice; we will never know how things would have turned out had we taken that other road. I believe what Frost was trying to teach us is that you cannot go back and relive the past, and you have no way of knowing what the future holds. All we have is here, now, this moment...and this moment will pass us by very fast. So, grab it while you can. Do with it what you can while you have the means, because tomorrow it will be gone and you will never get this moment back.
*19 days until graduation
*32 days until the big move to NC
LIFE IS GOOD.
