| 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. |
A majority of the time, when I come to a "fork" in the road with options presented to me, I bring up this last part of the poem "The Road not Taken" by Robert Frost. Sometimes I do end up making the decision based on past choices, but a majority of the time I do what I feel is right for me and take a different direction than others would.
Don't be afraid to do things differently or unique to yourself. If you feel like it is something that you truly want or feel that is right, then DO IT THAT WAY! You have one life and you should live it the way you feel is best (and most fun).
I have so any friends that get nervous about moving away from home (I went through the same thing). You are afraid of the Unknown. You have your dream job presented to you, or you have the opportunity to live in the place that you have always wanted to go to...... but you hesitate because it's new. GO! LEAVE! EXPERIENCE! You can ALWAYS come home if you decide that this is not for you, but you can never take back the "I wish I would haves" that you may have at the end of your life. Being afraid of change is NORMAL. Being scared to take on a new challenge is something that is supposed to happen. That is what makes it all such a thrill! Look at that mountain and tremble with fear.......be scared and be brave, you can do it! Then when you get to the top and look around, you will see how worth it was to keep climbing.
Going your own way and taking on challenges is never easy, if it were easy then where would the joy in accomplishment come from? No grown adult that I have met (yet) has ever called me up saying "OMG, I JUST MADE A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH!! YAYYYY"! Nope, not one. Now, if they made a PB&J in a new unique way--then I am sure that I would get that call! But my point is, if you keep on doing the same day to day tasks that are simple, easy, and unfulfilling.... your life may seem simple, easy, and unfulfilling. I look at that last sentence now and think... "hmm, simple and easy.... that seems like a great life" YES it does, who doesn't want their life to be easy?! Well, it never is nor will it ever be! The "easy" isn't stating that life will just go exactly how you want it to, it's stating that your life is easy, because you are in a repetitive state. You wake up, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, cook dinner, netflix and chill, then go to bed and do the same thing the next morning. With repetition like that, if it were in my life, I would perhaps go a little nuts and probably become depressed with my day to day tasks. BUT-- That is just me! Some people LOVE this-- which is GREAT for them! :) The point is-- JUST GO OUT AND DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK! :)
Today I challenge you to go out and do the thing that you have always wanted to do! Maybe it's ordering the salad for lunch when everyone else is ordering burgers, or vice versa. Maybe it's dancing in the middle of a conversation because your favorite song just came on the radio. Maybe its finally planning that trip to the tropics over the holiday season so you can escape the family craziness at home :) Whatever it is! GO OUT AND KNOW IT'S OKAY TO DO IT! This is your life and you can live it the way that you see fit! As long as you always remember to BE KIND! :)
Thank you
Marey
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