Roads Not Taken

This photo has always reminded me of Robert Frost’s poem “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.

We have all stood at crossroads pondering the uncertainties and the consequences of choosing the path we will travel. Some paths have led us to success or joy, others to failure or despair. Some choices have been personal, some forced upon us by others or circumstances. Whatever our situation and whatever the cause and whatever the result whether we are grateful or sad, we may hope. We can have confidence we do not travel alone. The book of Proverbs tells us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and acknowledge Him, and He will make our paths straight.