Friday, July 01, 2011

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; 5
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, 10
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. 15
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 traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.


To prevent yourself from reciting this poem everytime you reach a crossroad, a guideline should be developed:

1) If you know that there is an easiest path with the least obstacle, take it
2) If you reach a T junction, wait. One or all of the options will disappear with time.
3) If you reach a dead end, wait. A road will appear.
4) If a road doesnt appear. settle down.
4) If a junction looks like it leads to gold, wait. Its better to be number 38 than to die.
5) If you are lost, wait to be rescued.
6) If no one wants to rescue you, you don't deserve to be rescued anyway.
7) 所谓:忍一时风平浪静; 退一步海阔天空。
8) 所谓: 丹青不知老将至,富贵于我如浮云。
9) 所谓: 得过且过,逍遥自在。
10) 所谓: 船到桥头自然直 。

nuff said.
Like my favourite econs teacher used to say: Ignorance is Bliss.