If it meant, and it does, giving up a lot of things, would you take the "Road Less Taken"?

Question

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.

Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.






Namaste

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You could look to insights from M. Scott Peck's book, "The Road Less Traveled." I couldn't quote All of the book. "Life is difficult."

Answer 1

It depends on what benefits the road offered. "The road less taken" is a metaphor for taking a risk and doing something different than the rest of the crowd.

Separating yourself from the crowd can often provide great opportunity, and, as the poem says, you shouldn't be afraid of taking the less traveled road. However, it is also counter-productive to just oppose the crowd for the sake off being contrary. There's a reason why certain roads are taken and others not.

So, it all comes down to risks and benefits. If you see a potential down a different path and are willing to take the risks involved, then go for it. But do so with your eyes open. Not all risks are good risks.

Answer 2

If you are referring here to the broad and spacious road or the narrow road...I personally have taken the narrow road many years ago. I have refrained from using the world to the full......things like .....extramarital sex which leads to broken marriages and sexually transmitted diseases. How about drunkenness which has led to imprisonment if fortunate and death if not. Lying and cheating on taxes we all know will cost people every cent you have now and in the future and maybe imprisonment. Abusing other people whether verbally or physically. Stealing will get you a whole lot of grief. All of these things are on the broad and spacious road leading to destruction. But the narrow road....the one less taken ... leads to life.
I might not be running with the big dogs but from where I sit here on the porch I have food, clothing and shelter and am content to worship God in the way he wants me to. And I will have eternity to be happy and this old life won't even be a memory . For God promises the former things won't even come up into the heart.
Walk on to the narrow road, the one less taken and join in with millions of pure worshipers of Jehovah God and find mental and spiritual peace and security for yourselves now and everlasting life in the future.

Answer 3

Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets, even though I have read enough about his life to know that he took great delight in tormenting members of his own family.

The road less travelled does make a difference, but there will be days as one grows older where one wishes for a few comforts.

Answer 4

Looking back I really did not have much of a choice. For I had taken some of the pleasures of the world and found myself wanting, not to be a believer but to know the truth. In a story of the Knights of the round table it is said as each one started his quest for the Holy Grail that each entered the forest at it darkest, where there was no path.

Answer 5

Seeing I live below the Canadian poverty level and the majority is upper middle, yes, I am on the road less traveled.
You can't give up what you never had, material possesions mean nothing to me anyway. I will take the low road everytime. That is where you find the meek and the downtrodden. Nice people.

Answer 6

Namaste, I can't remember what that means. Heard it in Bible School from some students from India??
Already took the road less traveled..

Answer 7

I have taken the road less traveled, and the things that I had to give up to do that are things that could harm me anyway. If you really knew the joy of following Christ, and how insignificant the things I had to give up to follow Him really are, you would understand.

grace2u

Answer 8

I think the road less traveled often yields the greater treasure.

Answer 9

It depends on what you imagine the road less traveled to be.

Answer 10

Already on one of the less taken roads, alot fewer comfort stops along the way, but alot more scenery....