A Poem That Insipres Me

I've been on benzos and antidepressants for so long now (almost half my life) that I have forgotten what it is like to live life medication free.  I look at my soon to be benzo free life as a time of discovery, health and joys that I had forgotten.  This poem reminds me of my journey:

 

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

 

Oh, and a couple of quotes:

 

"He who has hope has everything."

- Arabian Proverb

 

 

 

"Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible.

- Sir William Osler

 

Very inspiring!  Thank you for posting this!

 

Love,

 

Jen

The Road Not Taken is one of my favorite poems but I haven't read it in years.  Thanks so much for taking the time to add it to the board. And the quotes.  I love quotes.  Funny quotes, inspiring quotes, insightful quotes, you name it.

I am glad you both liked it.