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Inspired by the quote from today’s prompt for Light and Shade Challenge.
The joke behind the ‘to the left’ part is a hike I went on for Girls Camp one year. We had a brand new Stake President and on the 3rd year hike (that I went with as a youth camp leader) we came to a fork in the road. Our Stake President was in charge of the hike and he chose the right. He lost us for over three hours. I fell into a hole at one point during the hike to find where we went wrong. He should have chosen the left.
It is so easy to get lost on a hike. I remember going missing for hours one time.
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I know. I normally wouldn’t mind, but I missed my younger sister coming back from the only overnight hike and you only get to go on that hike once.
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I have a GPS I take on hikes. I’ve gone right when I should have gone left many times. On the trail and in my life…
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The funniest part was, I think we actually had a GPS with us on that hike.
I agree. Sometimes you just need to go the opposite way.
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Your poem and story reminded me of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, which is one of my favourites. I think you explore similar thoughts, although your tone is much more direct. I really enjoyed reading your entry.
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Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Any relation to Robert Frost’s work was unintended (but now that I look at it, you’re right!)
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