Terry Wassall :: Blog :: Road not Taken
December 04, 2005
I was driving home late last night after a pleasant evening with friends, either retired or quite close to it, and where we had talked about how we got where we are. On the radio I heard one of my favourite poems, the Road not Taken by the Amercian poet Robert Frost. It is one of my favourites because it is about a univeral of the human condition, the ability to make choices, never knowing for sure what is the best one to make and never knowing for sure how life would have been different if another choice had been made. In my case I turned my back on what was a promising career as a racing cyclist and then, later, an even more promising career in financial services.
"I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence.." All this, of course, is put in perspective by the immortal Yogi Berra, the erstwhile baseball player, who said: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it". Who needs poetry! Who needs philosphy! Keywords: poetry, Robert Frost, Yogi Berra Posted by Terry Wassall You must be logged in to post a comment. |
|
Comments
It is certainly an interesting poem. I first heard it during a keynote by Helen Barrett. It was the centre piece to her own digital story. I will see if I can find it.