from Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood
by Robert Frost
... 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 is my ideal poet. I have loved his work for 60 years. And this is from one of my favorite poems by him. It influenced my entire life from the age of 10 or so when I first read it. Don't follow the crowd. Don't do what everyone else is doing. At the same time, don't reinvent the wheel. Let others go first and blaze the trail. Then be a first follower. Help set the trends not to be ruled by them. I always try to choose the road less traveled. I highly recommend it.
