One of my student’s responses for everything under the sun is “I had no choice.” Are our lives really devoid of choice? In ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost, we can see that we need to make choices at every step of the way from the moment we wake up in the morning till we lay our heads on the pillow for the night.
Yes, we do have choices. However, most of the time, we are afraid to make the wrong choice. What do we do then? We decide to join the crowd and do what everyone else is doing. Life does not become a threat then! We ‘go with the flow’.
If, on the other hand, we decide to break free, there will be a lot of opposition from friends and relatives. This is when our true lives as human beings will be tested. Can we take up the challenge to be different? Will we be ostracized? If we dare to venture into unchartered waters, what will our lives be like?
Introspection
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