Where will you go??

 As you take the untrodden road, you find you're simply not walking this trail alone, but that there are angels round about you. 

I have thought long and hard about this poem now for a few days. As I have reflected personally on my own life. I have seen where I have taken that road less traveled, and I have also seen times when I have taken the easy road and have just been mediocre.

Let's go over to the road less traveled for a minute. What does this road have to offer us besides- leaf covered potholes, muddy shoes, annoying bugs, and even at times a loss of direction. Why would one ever decide to take that road?? Well to start off I want to share these quotes- 

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

-Robert F. Kennedy

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”

-Abraham Lincoln

Its those hard things that we really do need most in our lives. If we always had it easy how much growth could we really obtain?? That's the real question.. Where will the road "usually taken" take us?.... Well in reality it will just take us in a circle, and until we get sick of seeing the same results, we'll be trapped, and for some that's fine, but for others, they want to grow and become something more than just the usual/normal. If we want something memorable, unique, awesome, or even successful, then we must take that road less traveled, but remember- It's your choice where you end up in life.

   

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.

To wrap this up I just want to say that this really applies to so many things, but one area that I personally want to relate it to is the Gospel. I have seen so many times in my life where I, myself, or others have taken that easy road and have fallen into the conforming ways of the world. On this road values such as modesty, good language, kindness, and obedience (etc.) tend to fall by the wayside. The goal of becoming more like our perfect example, Jesus Christ, becomes forgotten....  I can promise you this though- As you take the untrodden road to righteousness, you find you're simply not walking this trail alone, but that there are angels sent from our Heavenly Father round about you. I know that this is true, because I have felt them there in my life. :)

Let me say this, it's never easy to go the opposite way of the world (in any situation), but at some moments we have to do so...  I have been in that intersection many times, and for you that are there.. I pray for you. I hope that you will make the best choice possible and you will have the courage to do so!!  :) And that you will never lose your faith, whether you are smoothly staking your course, or in the woods lost and confused with bug-bites... know that God is always there to lead you where he wants you to be. :)

Seuss!! :)

I wish I could take credit for writing this, but the original creator is unknown. So in order to keep this awesome piece of art known, I'll share it with you!!. :)

Nephi:
Of goodly parents I was born
I’ve never drunk, I’ve never sworn
This is Lehi, he’s my dad
Laman, Lemuel, they are bad
And who is this? Why this is Sam.

Sam:
Yes, this is Sam; Sam I am

Laman:
That Sam I am, that Sam I am
I do not like that Sam I am

Sam:
In a tent, my father dwelt

Laman:
And it’s so hot, I think I’ll melt

Lemuel:
Our father’s brain is out of whack

Laman:
Yeah, it’s too hot, I’m going back

Lehi:
Then go and get the plates, my dear

Laman:
On second thought, I’m staying here

Nephi:
You said you’d leave and go away
Now all you want to do is stay?

Lemuel:
That Nephi always gets his way

Laman:
Here we are in this damp cave

Sam:
We would not be here if you’d behave

Nephi:
I will go and I will do
There’s the angel, that’s my cue
Laban’s had too much to drink
Now he’ll lose his head, I think

Nephi:
Look what I found, a brother from the quorum

Sam:
We will take him home, we will call him Zoram

Laman:
Our gold and silver we have spent
I do not like it in this tent

Lemuel:
I cannot read the Liahona
I must have drunk too much Corona

Laman:
We hate it here, we have no lives

Lehi:
Then go back to the city and get some wives

Lehi:
A tree, a tree, I see a tree!
The fruit is white, the fruit is free!
A floating building, could it be?
Why do they laugh and stare at me?
Laman, Lemuel, come and see!

Laman:
We will not eat your precious fruit

Lemuel:
We will not wear a tie and suit

Laman:
We will not help you build your boat

Lemuel:
We do not think that it will float

Laman:
No not this boat, it will not float
Not even in a shallow moat
I do not care what Nephi wrote

Lemuel:
We will not eat your fruit I say

Laman:
We will not eat it on a tray

Lemuel:
And we won’t eat it in a tent
Not even if your clothes you rent

Laman:
We’d rather have a can of spam

L&L:
We will not eat it, Sam I am

Sam:
You do not like it, so you say
Try it, try it, and you may
Try it and you may I say

Laman:
Sam, if you will let us be,
We will try it, you will see

L&L:
Say, we like this fruit of life
Sorry that we caused such strife
You’ve saved us from an awful jam
Thank you, thank you, Sam I am!