The Shunned Path-Life

Robert Frost's  "The road not taken" depicts the choices that we have in life and usually the road not taken by many usually have different results.

You are at the main street of a city. The crowds flow towards the direction againsting you. All busying  talking to their phones;rubbing against your shoulder; "Watch your way,idiot!".They are heading for something in common-steady pay checks; make ends meet; and be a soulless slaves of the mainstream world.

Is it wrong to be the only one walking against the flow? Is it a sin to breach the "normal" code of law that unconsciously set by the society?

People are saying you "stupid", "immature", "idiot", "you are so young, you do not know anything" and other disgusting statements that will let us shun away from the path that we ought to take. People around us tend to share their experiences with us and we learn from it. Emphathising their experiences and analyse it with God blessed great mind to not to repeat their stupid mistakes; or maybe we could learn some life lessons from it. What a contradicting world, people tell us about their experiences in the "safety net" that they are heading, but wants us to head for the path as it provides us with a steady life even though there are some pricks here and there.

With my ability to think, of course, I would not want to take their path. They described it as if it is hell on earth! Then they want me to go for it?! Saying that taking the other way brings more harm yet they have not even step into that path before. Fear is that one thing that dictates our decisions. Fear shun us from the path not taken.

You are at a Y-shaped crossroad. You ought to choose one. Path on the left is a bright, well lit, underground tunnel with a signboard stating " High salary,High education level, stable life"-  5 km away and a broom for you to sweep away some stones on the way. The other is a dark forest with an axe and a torch light at the pole of the signboard stating " Road to life long success, financial freedom and Godly life"- 100 km away.

Which path will you choose?

Parents, teachers, books and movies teaches us about determination; to have a goal; to have a dream; to not give up. However, when it comes making choices, they will ask us to jump into the safety net rather than choosing the other one. Fear!

They did it in the name of love. Really? You love someone by stopping one to achieve something that they could have achieved even they are willing to pay the price of success? 

Undeniably, we might not have first hand experiences in life. However, the hard fact is that when we listen to people's experiences; read books; or learn from people who had taken the shunned path, we know what to anticipate rather than not knowing anything.

People, Wake up! Follow your heart and passion. Do not let people's statements shun you away from a better way even though we might slip or fall on the way.