The title says it all...life is full of choices..Endless choices that we have to go through every single day without fail... We have to make choices in life regarding almost every aspect, down to the smallest details. Your day is filled with decision making from the time you wake up in the morning until the time you go back to bed at night.
How do we escape from making choices? It is simply impossible. Without us noticing it, we might be making hundreds of choices every day...Nothing to be surprised huh?
Imagine having to make choices on the clothes you’re gonna wear to school or workplace...the breakfast meal, be it cereal, French toast, hash brown or nasi lemak?, the song that you’re gonna listen during your journey to school or workplace and many more..Choices revolves around us...we can’t do anything but to make good choices and hoping for the best after making them.
This reminds me of the poem “The road not taken” by Robert Frost. You see, you have to make choices at critical times and choosing a road between two pathways is definitely not easy. You’ll have to weigh the pros and cons of both sides and it can be really stressful at times to think deeply and come up with a good decision and the most important thing is not regretting it.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, 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 travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, 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 travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
"The Road Not Taken" seems to illustrate that once one takes a certain road, there is no turning back. Although one might change paths later on, the past cannot be changed. It can be seen as showing that choice is very important, and is a thing to be considered. And that you will never know what the other path was like, so you may regret never knowing (the sigh), although it was still worth it because you made the right choice by knowing that you were able to exercise your personal freedom and independence. ( Source from Wikipedia)
“The choices you make in the present will impact your future, and your vision for tomorrow will guide you in making the right choices today!”
Every day is filled with dilemmas on making the right choices...I, myself always got stuck in the dilemma zone where making the right decision has never been my cup of tea. Haha...I can never escape from making wrong decisions; experience the mistakes I’ve made, regretting from doing them and learning then after.
Remember this face? Muka "confused" nabeyl
Why did I write this post, you might ask? Well, it has come to the period of time where I have to make one of the most crucial decisions in my life..That is regarding my studies..The choice I make will affect my future and change my life forever..I have not come out with a decision yet..still thinking and weighing my options...doing research and trying to visualize my future if I make certain choices...so yeah..I’m hoping that everything will turn out great....Insha’Allah...
