Back then I knew what the poem was saying but I didn't understand the true meaning of it at all! Now when I read it I understand that he's ok with not having taken the same road as everyone else b/c if he had taken the same path as everyone else, he'd be in the same boat as everyone else & because he didn't, he's in a completely different place & he's happy about it.
I thought the poem was very appropriate for our recent feelings of inadequacy toward our own life. Are we feeling like that because we aren't in the same boat as everyone else?! Do we truly want to be?
My answer is HECK NO! I'm happy with where I am even though it can be hard to identify with others because of it. My life choices have been different from those around me so I can't exactly go to any for advice & even though I sometimes wonder what if, I have come to the conclusion that my life is fine the way it is.
Now, I just have to move forward from here but where is that exactly? WHO THE HECK KNOWS!
How does that saying go, "Life's a bee & then you die!" lol I guess we better change that!
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I actually really like this poem by Robert Frost! I had read it before, way back when like in high school I think.
I do agree it is very appropriate to how we have all been feeling lately....can you say "quarter-life crisis!!!"
I've always been very odd in my way of thinking even when I was a kid. Always trying to find the meaning of things...."what is life??" always thinking about something very philosophical This is why I don't talk guys! hahaha So to answer the question I think what the poem means to me now might be very similar to what it meant to me back then.
I agree the whole "Lifes A bee and then you die" thing is not working for me so well lol.....we HAVE to change that. Life is beautiful, it may be hard but there are wonderful things out there to be seen. Just sometimes we get so bogged down by our own negative frame of mind that we don't see that.
Have I mentioned that flowers almost always make me instantaneously happy...almost as much as coffee. :)
Yes you have mentioned that flowers make you happy. :) I have always wanted to know the meaning of life too. I still do but I've come to the conclusion that we will never truly know what it is until we die & then we won't be able to tell others.
I do think we are put on this earth to make a difference in people's life's though and once you've accomplished your life mission (whatever that may be), you're done & out you go.
However, I don't feel like I am close to accomplishing mine b/c I feel like my life mission is a long road that spans years worth. In other words, I feel like my whole entire life is part of the quest & that every decision I make is leading up to the main event & the purpose of me being here.
Does that make any sense at all or am I just nuts?? lol
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