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The Road Not Taken -- Robert Frost
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.
Here is the question.......
You can go down two roads, the first road contains the answer to all of life's questions, and when you learn them you'll die. If you travel down this road you will have the answer to every question you've ever had: God, evolution, how did we get here, truth, free will, determinism, why is there evil, what is good, where are we going from here, why do people have to die, why did my bf cheat on me. From the most thought provoking questions that keep philosophers up at night, to the most mundane unimprtant things you can think of. You find out the answer to everything that is you and life, place in life, life's origins, the reasonings behind it, EVERYTHING will be answered. Walking down this road will be like living your ENTIRE life reading book after book, story after story, article after article, digesting it all, understanding it and moving on to the next thing and all the while making more and more and more questions in your head, all that will be answered at the last moment of your life. Answers that will basically lead you to your dying breath. This road will be your entire life spent questioning EVERYTHING. The walk down this road wont be an easy one, but at the end you will know all. Answers to all the questions you've ever had, you'll be enlightened like none other. Like this big enormous light bulb goes ON all of a sudden and you know EVERYTHING you've ever wanted to know. You breathe a sigh of relief, FINALLY, then lie down, rest easy, and die.
The other road contains everything else one can work for (or work toward, work to achieve) in life. By that I mean you come to realize full hapiness in this material world of ours. Don't get me wrong, such as life is, this road wont be an easy peice of cake either. But, as life tends to get better, you take the hard times with the good and you you get what you work toward, or if you don't get exactly everything you want, lets just say hard work pays off, as it does in life.... You get your happiness with a woman (or man), family, a healthy mix of schooling and fun. Education (if this is what you want). Surrounded by friends and family. People you can debate with and enjoy talking to and arguing with for hours if need be. You have a life, productive work, a family, you don't lose yourself in the quest for answers, you use it to pepper your life. You might be interested as to what are the answers to all those questions in our life, and maybe even you're SO interested that your work consists of reading and writing books on the topic or exploring something about how all these questions have affected/effected history, life... but it doesn't kill you, it makes you a more interesting and complete person. It is the spice of your life, not the reason for it. It is a life as complete as any may be in this world. Life and contentment with it flows over like a cup too full of wine. You work hard and play hard and think hard and love lots and just have the ability to take the good with the bad. Basically, your stay here on earth is a good one when finally you close your eyes to go to the next place. However, you die without ever knowing any of the answers to your questions. You've toyed with the questions, picked them up and put them down, wondered about them aloud and in your mind, but they are never answered. This doesn't make you terribly upset, because, well, look at the life you've lived...
Which road would YOU walk down?
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.
Here is the question.......
You can go down two roads, the first road contains the answer to all of life's questions, and when you learn them you'll die. If you travel down this road you will have the answer to every question you've ever had: God, evolution, how did we get here, truth, free will, determinism, why is there evil, what is good, where are we going from here, why do people have to die, why did my bf cheat on me. From the most thought provoking questions that keep philosophers up at night, to the most mundane unimprtant things you can think of. You find out the answer to everything that is you and life, place in life, life's origins, the reasonings behind it, EVERYTHING will be answered. Walking down this road will be like living your ENTIRE life reading book after book, story after story, article after article, digesting it all, understanding it and moving on to the next thing and all the while making more and more and more questions in your head, all that will be answered at the last moment of your life. Answers that will basically lead you to your dying breath. This road will be your entire life spent questioning EVERYTHING. The walk down this road wont be an easy one, but at the end you will know all. Answers to all the questions you've ever had, you'll be enlightened like none other. Like this big enormous light bulb goes ON all of a sudden and you know EVERYTHING you've ever wanted to know. You breathe a sigh of relief, FINALLY, then lie down, rest easy, and die.
The other road contains everything else one can work for (or work toward, work to achieve) in life. By that I mean you come to realize full hapiness in this material world of ours. Don't get me wrong, such as life is, this road wont be an easy peice of cake either. But, as life tends to get better, you take the hard times with the good and you you get what you work toward, or if you don't get exactly everything you want, lets just say hard work pays off, as it does in life.... You get your happiness with a woman (or man), family, a healthy mix of schooling and fun. Education (if this is what you want). Surrounded by friends and family. People you can debate with and enjoy talking to and arguing with for hours if need be. You have a life, productive work, a family, you don't lose yourself in the quest for answers, you use it to pepper your life. You might be interested as to what are the answers to all those questions in our life, and maybe even you're SO interested that your work consists of reading and writing books on the topic or exploring something about how all these questions have affected/effected history, life... but it doesn't kill you, it makes you a more interesting and complete person. It is the spice of your life, not the reason for it. It is a life as complete as any may be in this world. Life and contentment with it flows over like a cup too full of wine. You work hard and play hard and think hard and love lots and just have the ability to take the good with the bad. Basically, your stay here on earth is a good one when finally you close your eyes to go to the next place. However, you die without ever knowing any of the answers to your questions. You've toyed with the questions, picked them up and put them down, wondered about them aloud and in your mind, but they are never answered. This doesn't make you terribly upset, because, well, look at the life you've lived...
Which road would YOU walk down?
You couldn't, for example, ask about "why your boyfriend cheated on you" because you would never have had time to have a boy/girlfriend to start with.
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