Monday's Message

Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own;
He who, scecure within, can say,

Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Be fair or foul or rain or shine
The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.
Not Heaven itself upon the past has power,
But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.

– John Dryden

Every once in a while I think we all look over our shoulder and think about the past and ask the question, "What-If?" I wasn't necessarily thinking about that when I read Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken"; but, it did cause me to pause and wonder. And, as I read and contemplated his verse, I totally understood and had the clarity that regardless, we take many paths in our lives and they all lead us to where we are today – and it's all good. At times, it may not seem like it, but we are purposefully at a place and in that place we must appreciate it for what it is and for the manner in which we've gotten there – The Road Taken.

Enjoy . . .