The Path Less Taken

"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour."

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Someday I hope to be the person my cats want me to be. ;-P

Thursday, December 15, 2005

The Road Not Taken


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.


Robert Frost


This picture was taken while on a hike in Big Basin. I love the smell of the forest on chilly fall mornings.


All was quiet except for the sound of the breeze as it tickled the leaves of the tree canopy. The smell of redwood trees, moss, dirt, and smoke from a fire in the park headquarters lodge filled the air.


All in all a very peaceful morning's outing.


I highly recommend it to anyone seeking solace from the hectic holiday season.