do you take the path of least resistance or the road less travelled?

Answer 1

This is an interesting question. I think what we would like to think of our selves as being and what we actually are may be different things. We all like to think of our selves as brave and free and the ones on a unique path, where as in fact we are ambling along the same as everyone else looking for that light that twinkles enough to light up the tree with the sparkling leaves.

Answer 2

I would re-read Frost's poem before asking that question. Despite the fact that many of us have studied this poem and think that it is Frost's call to be independent and unique, if you read the poem closely, you can see that Frost is probably saying that taking the road less traveled has actually not made him happier. Frost says, "Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim..." So he takes the road with the better claim. Strange. We always assume that the road less traveled is the one that society says not to take. So it seems that Frost is saying, that society says be different, be yourself even though many don't take this advice. The last stanza of the poem says,
"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"
It doesn't sound as though Frost is very happy with his choice. He says that he "sighs" and that he HAS taken the road less traveled. Usually we think of him sighing because he HASN'T taken the road less traveled. His final line also is not a "Whitman" YAWP (as Robin Williams says in DPS). There is no heroic statement that he has become a better man because of his choice. I would say that he is is not happy with the choice he made. Also look at the title of the poem, "The Road Not Taken." He isn't writing about the road less traveled, he's writing about the other road. If he was so happy about the choice he made, wouldn't he write "The Road Less Traveled" or "The Road I Took"? But he doesn't. So I would argue that Frost is saying, don't be different just because that is what everyone says is better for you (everyone gives you that advice but never follows it himself). Therefore, the next time someone says something about the road less traveled, tell him to reread the poem before making his choice.

Answer 3

To me, the road less traveled and the path of least resistance are usually the same way. There are less people to compete with on the road less traveled, so there is less resistance. I think that even though the two paths are usually synonymous, most people rather take the road every one else is taking so they won't have to think for themselves. To me though, life is pointless if I can't do it my own way.

Answer 4

Take the path of least resistance will get you there quickly but the road less travelled will open you up to new experiences

Well thats my 2 pennies worth

Answer 5

When I'm driving I take the path of least resistance because my goal is to get wherever I'm going in the shortest time. When I'm walking through life I take the road less traveled because my goal is to try to really understand what's going on and how life really works, as opposed to simply going through the motions of everyday existence and just "getting by." It's sad to see so many people in this country and throughout the world refusing to use the brains they have...they believe everything they see on TV or everything they hear without question, and all they really care about is keeping up with the Joneses. As a result, we live in a world filled with mindless automatons that are devoid of wonder, curiosity, and passion. What kind of life is that?

Answer 6

I've almost always moved along the road less travelled; there are times when I don't really want to, but it seems that there's something in me that just sets me down that route. It's true that it can take longer to reach our destination that way, but I must admit that I enjoy the unpredictability and challenge; we often learn so much along the way, not just about others, but about ourselves. The path of least resistance, I would imagine, can get pretty boring, although I have had occasion to resort to it!

Answer 7

Fredrick Neche said: ‘if you through a stone into water it will find the shortest way to the bottom’ – the stone thus being thrown into the water has only one objective left to its motion, to reach to solid bottom, quite unlike human nature though that strives to transcend in all aspects of living. I often find myself bent upon achieving my objectives by taking the easiest path that is available. This I believe is human general nature - objective and efficient in its interaction with the world around; human mind just wants to get things done the quickest and easiest way that is possible; and have I spoken of human heart!

In my understanding of the mind, as a general human mind, all good thoughts in the long run prove to be thoughts about simple ideas in life, or thoughts leading up to simple ideas; I find that I consider complications only to avoid complications, to reach simple facts in truth. If for example I have a clear objective of having a meal in view, I would have it on the dining table of my own home, but if I like to celebrate for instance then I would also like invite few friends over, or I would go to a posh restaurant for that purpose. Even when we choose the least travelled paths in life to traverse, we mean something simple out of that in the end, and we see that that is the best way to achieve them. There is always a reason behind for all things we do; even the silliest seeming actions do have their explanation however beyond our understanding they may fall. We simply cannot do anything without a reason.

It is possible, however, that certain people are found unable to identify the best possible in life, that life can be easier, or could have been easier, if they had chosen or choose a different course of action. The choices we normally make depend upon our common sense intelligence and also on our peculiar personal ways of seeing things; emotional biases and turbulences can usually take us along trouble’s way - at times we simple do not see things as easily as they really were. The fact is that things always stay things, paths paths and thought thoughts, it is we who make the difference, for good or for bad. Who were the first anyway, which travelled first of all the most travelled roads today?

Answer 8

The road less travelled.

Answer 9

If you were to read Robert Frost's 'The road less traveled' you would see why I choose that path.

Answer 10

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