My dear
Wanted to share an adventure with you.
Just one road led off into the woods….
Quite naturally it was the road much travelled.
I set off into the woods whistling my way merrily treading lightly along the road.
Suddenly I remembered adventure… risk taking…comfort zones…pioneer experiences… bungee jumping…and all those motivational messages I have received from people and from books read over the years…
I had never been much inclined to these things but here was I comfortably strolling through this more travelled road with not a care in the world…. and I had a lot of time … so I thought I might as well give it a try..
So I left this one road… wandering through jungle shrub and bush and thicket with a smile on my lips and a song in my heart.. I was going to make out for myself a second road…. a road that was less travelled. I moved on resolutely. My name would be in big lights soon. I was shaping a path. I was blazing a trail.
It wasn’t long before I slipped over loose stones, tripped over fallen branches, got myself scratched and poked by brambles and thorns …nearly stepped on a snake, was chased by a strange and wild looking dog.
The woods were dark and deep for sure. Lovely, I am not certain. One cannot see too clearly through anything that is dark and deep. As I fumbled my way ahead, the woods became darker and deeper and my pounding heart and confused brain wondered about the wisdom of this particular adventure. And when I turned around I could not make out the path I was supposed to have come through… the path that would take me back to the more travelled road.
I was lost…. well and truly lost. Behind me was confusion. Ahead of me possible disaster. Wisdom and inspiration are sometimes better left to the books they have been written in.
Tired, disoriented, hungry, parched, dishevelled, broken down and completely helpless, I resigned myself to whatever fate had in store for me.
Things turned favourable. I was rescued by some incidental travellers and brought back home and to familiar surroundings. What a relief!
I will recuperate and get better in a week or two.
After that I shall go back to the woods and try that unfamiliar second road again!
Take care. Stay well. Go to the woods!
Love, Terry