The Road Not Taken

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.

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.

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.

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.

Robert Frost
1915

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The Road Not Taken – kalau korang semua ingat lagi, ‘poem’ ni pernah kita semua pelajari dalam subjek Bahasa Inggeris ketika Tingkatan 1 dulu.

Puisi ini kalau kita tengok balik, membawa maksud pilihan dan kesan daripada pilihan yang kita buat tu. Kita memang tak terlepas dan akan sentiasa berdepan dengan keadaan dilemma seperti ini. Kita terpaksa buat pilihan satu daripada dua. Pilihan itu kemudian akan memberikan kesan kepada kita kemudiannya. Setiap keputusan yang kita buat, kitalah yang bertanggungjawab sepenuhnya. Janganlah salahkan orang lain. walaupun kita tak berpeluang untuk tahu apakah pilihan yang lagi satu tu lebih baik untuk kita, yakinlah kita dah buat pilihan yang terbaik. pertimbangkan semua pilihan dengan keadaan diri, suasana persekitaran dan sebagainya.Wallahu a'lam.