Choosing a Path, Making Decisions

Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets. A particular poem called, "The Road Not Taken" has words and a message that always pulls at my heart, resulting in thinking about the future.

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.

 During the last 2 weeks, I have had the privilege to participate in 2 graduations. Of course, seeing hundreds of young people heading into a new adventure has reminded me of my own road. What would I do when the 2 roads approach me again? Would I take the one less traveled? The one that causes the least amount of certainty? I'm not so sure. I do know that some very important people in my life are headed into the direction of their future. Certainly, I am going to be thinking about my next step, my next path to enter. The one thing I hope is that I have been able to pass along to my nieces and friends is to hold onto the important things in life that keep up young. Remember the things that make us smile and that remind us where we came from. Never lose sight of those things. Build your own path and create your own adventure. 

Congratulations Class of 2010, Moapa Valley High School and Las Vegas High School