The Road Less Traveled

September 23, 2013

“There’s a road, a winding road that never ends. Full of curves, lessons learned at every bend. Goin’s rough, unlike the straight and narrow. It’s for those who go against the grain. Have no fear, dare to dream of a change, live to the march of a different drummer.” “For the road less traveled ain’t for the faint of heart, for those who choose to play it say and never stray to far. Me, I want to live my life and one day leave my mark. And it all might come together, and it all might come unraveled, on the road less traveled.”

Today got me thinking of these words. We found out that one of our classmates is thinking of leaving the MPC. This got me a little sad, since if he does decide to leave, it wont be the same. But at the end I believe that everyone should do what makes them happy. And I know that sometimes following what you want is scary and tough, but at the end it should be worth it. So this got me happy again, because I was looking at my classmate as someone who wasn't afraid to try something new and as someone who wasn't afraid to pursue his dreams. If he does decide to leave I see it as a choice to follow the road less traveled.

The choice to follow that road is a hard one and it probably isn’t going to be the easiest one, but at the end it is for the better. This reminds me a little of Nicomachean Ethics  where Aristotle mentions “for even the good is better when it is harder”. In chapter 3 of book 2, I understood that sometimes the easy way out of things is not the best one; so it is harder achieve pleasure.

Well this is what I thought at the beginning, when I found out of my classmates. But later today, after analyzing it more I realized that the road I am on is also a road less traveled. I am following something that not many people followed, I am a pioneer at the MPC. I helped start a program with went against regular education, and I am still here working hard. I went against ‘the grain’, I mean I could’ve remained confortable in the business school, but I decided to take the windy road. And it has been hard, but I am still here trying, and I am sure that I will leave my mark. This is my version of my road less traveled.

So be it that you are following your dreams or that you are following a new program, you are following the road less traveled. And we usually don't know what the outcome is going to be; it is actually impossible to know what the outcome will be. Everything might work out or it might not, the important part is that you tried.

“I’ve chosen a pathway I may not endure. One thing is for certain: nothing’s for sure.”