"The Road Not Taken"

"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."

-Robert Frost

So this is my first blog. If you would have told me if I would have been "blogging" a year ago, My response would have been, You're crazy I will not become one of those bloggers." And if you're reading this... I'm eating my words because here I am typing away giving it a whirl.

Robert Frosts quote fits perfectly with my life right now. As a recent born again Christian (October 2008), I look back at my old lifestyle and wonder why I did the things I did and catch myself thinking of the times I had ... I went for a walk in the woods down from my house -what a walk it was! There's something about being surrounded by nature and getting away from the craziness of life that is unexplainable. As I was walking, I talked to God, asking him to keep his promise of never letting his children walk astray and to start opening doors for my future and a few other things that I can't tackle on my own.

Back to the quote from the poem. On my walk, I came to a Y in the path. I stopped and I looked to the right, then to the left. To the right I saw a fairly easy path with no sticks laying on the ground or shrub overhead, this path would also lead me back to the way that I came. Then I looked to my left and saw that there were sticks blocking the path, this path would lead me to some place new. As I stood there, Frosts poem came to mind, but also another thought came to mind.
I saw that path as the life I am in right now.. Do I want the easy way with no sticks to jump over or brush to duck under... Or do I want to challenge myself and walk down the path where I have to jump, duck and fight my way through... I let out a little laugh, said Thank you Lord and choose the left path.

As I took the left path, I looked back at that path to the right (Cleared and easy) and saw that as my old lifestyle. Easy living, (milking mom and dad for money, going through life thinking I knew how to solve all the problems, living for drinking and partying).. Here I am 7 months later, satisfied that I don't walk down that path anymore and that I've chosen a path that brings me closer to my Creator and Savior.

There are times when I look back and say man "those days we're fun and wild." That was me looking back to the path that lead right... Here I am and that path is behind me and now. The path I am trecking on will bring challenges of unknown-- challeneges that I am ready to jump duck and fight for!

-Darin Chancellor