Many road trip narratives include becoming physically lost and finding the way again and being emotionally lost prompts adventurists to go on their journey to connect with and find the self again. Strayed loses sight of the trail due to the snow and asks a group of skiers where they were. They asked her if she was lost, and she wrote, “I thought about it for a moment. If I said yes, they’d rescue me and I’d be done with this godforsaken trail” (pg. 139). Strayed knew that becoming physically lost and finding her way back would also facilitate the process of repairing her emotionally lost
The individual is so lost mentally that only the road signs tell him his direction in life as his life is the road
The wise will choose the path and follow in it; the wayward remainder will be constrained” (Brockway,
To take the trail and not look back. Whether on foot, on showshoes or by sled, into the summer hills and their late freezing shadows—a high blaze, a runner track in the snow would show where I had gone.
Everyone travels in their own direction, but where that leads them, can only be determined by their own
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” (BrainyQoute, n.d.). This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson demonstrates the theme that it is always important to take your own path and have dreams. This universal theme can be found in many works, including the song “Am I Wrong?” by Nico and Vinz and A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah.
Ever had a mental “fork in the road?” Of course you have. We all have those tough decisions to make at times. William Stafford’s “Traveling Through the Dark” is about one of those very instances. But there’s more to it than meets the eye.
“Up against another human being one’s own procedures take on definition” “Sometimes a journey makes itself neccessary.” I’m not using quotes any more. You know the rest of this blog is not my own words, but Anne Carson’s.
The road to salvation is full of many obstacles and temptations. It is a journey that is an everyday battle between what is right and what is wrong. As St. Cyril of Jerusalem states, “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the father of souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.”
In Emerson's views, people should “not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”(citation). Based on Emerson’s thoughts, people should not follow the crowd, but instead live their lives and leave their mark on the Earth. Emerson thoughts come from a philosophical movement of the nineteenth century called transcendentalism. Transcendentalism focuses on religious renewal, literary innovation, and social transformation (encyclopedia.com). Because of their belief that God exists in everyone and nature, and that knowledge comes from individual intuition, led to the highlight of individualism, self-reliance, and breaking free from traditions(citation).
Even if you think that there 's only one path for you, you can always stray away from the path if that 's what
Nine days I drifted on the teeming sea/ before dangerous high winds. Upon the tenth/ we came to the coastline of the Lotus Eaters,/ who live upon that flower” (ix, 33-36). Being able to remember the first steps you took to return your destination is a key to retracing your path.
The two paths signifies that the life of the traveler
As stated in Matthew 7:13-14 scripture states, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction … But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life…” (NIV).Following Jesus is not an easy task to complete. It is a narrow road meant for very few mistakes.
The first road caught in the undergrowth “indicates entanglement with obstacles” (Rukhaya) which can get in the way of making decisions and sway judgement. People must learn to ignore the obstacles and depend on self-reliance to come to a conclusion. Grassy and in need of
