13 June 2010

Paths


If you choose your path, how do you choose it?

Is it just that all the signs seem to point that way?
Or are you setting off into unexplored territory?
Is it a game of 'eeny meeny miniy mo'?
Or because somehow the path you were on led you to it?
Is it that you felt pressured to take it?
Or was it just a happy detour from a less favourable path?
Just because it would be fun?
Because your friends took it first?
Did you know you were on it before it was too late to turn back?


Just contemplating the different reasons for doing things...such as reasons for becoming a Goth {and no, I'm not talking about myself}.

2 comments:

Kim Ayres said...

Most paths are followed because people just took the one that was in front of them, and it didn't occur to them to take another.

The boldest and most rewarding thing to do is to create your own. Decide the kind of person you would like to become, and the kind of life you would like to live, then spend your life working towards it - making sure you enjoy the journey.

It's like me and photography - the question is not, "How likely am I to become an internationally renowned, sought-after portrait photographer?" The real question is "How much funwill it be trying to become an internationally renowned, sought-after portrait photographer?" :)

Aoife.Troxel said...

Very insightful comment Kim. Thank you. I agree.