The Road Not Taken

Today is an emo blog. Woohooo. I figure you always gotta throw in one of those every once in awhile. Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets. Perhaps he is not obscure enough to be cool, and my favorite Frost poems particularly not obscure enough to boast about. But maybe that's why they are not obscure. Because they are so good.

The Road Not Taken

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Today, I went to this great little restaurant called Blue Willow with my parents. They have this gift shop there and these little charms with vintage-looking art and quotes. One of them had a fleur-de-lis and said "The Road Not Taken". It got me thinking. You got to live your life. And while I presume pretty much every road has been taken you can still find one that makes you happy. Actually, that's what my mom said. She said it's not the one less taken, but the one that makes you happy.

And I guess that true. I have had many a zen moment by myself in a park or pathway overly taken. Those are the best thinking moments. And driving with your windows down and that crisp air blowing through your hair. Especially my wildly awesome hair. I could never figure out why hair blows forward when the window is open. I figure it should blow backwards.

So anyways. I feel like I live life pretty good. I may not be the partier or be the crazy life of the party (although sometimes I am). I am actually a pretty weird, lo-key, overachieving, nerd. I go after what I want. Generally. But I realized today, that I wanted to do more things in my life. To stop waiting around. To do what I want. You can't let worries or questions hold you back. I think it will work out in the end. Whatever it is supposed to be. Although it may not be what you think is right, right now in your life. But sometimes you gotta dive in and not sell yourself out short and not let anyone or anything stop you. Because honestly, in the end you have to be a bit selfish. If you keep giving yourself up and up and up, you wont have anything left. And then you'll wake up one day and say "What the bleep did I do with my life??" It might be 2 years later. or 20 years later. But I don't intend to ever associate with those words in any way.

I am not saying you have to be a loner who is selfish and uncaring. Quite the opposite. You have to be around people who bring you up, who you care about, and vice versa. yup. yeah........

So enough of my emo blog. Hope you had a good weekend. I sure did.

Cheerio!