Sorry I couldn't be with you today. But, learning will continue in my absence. So you've read Life Law 10 - now we need to talk about it. When I think about this life law I remember how uneasy I was about the future at your age. I had no idea what I wanted, where I was going to end up, or how I was going to get there. There are times I wish I would have had nudges from my teachers then to think about and consider the future - seriously - back then. I still can't tell you how I got here, or what put me on this road. All I know is I'm here now, with all your bright eyed faces looking to me for guidance (talk about intimidating). I'll cut my rant off there. Your assignment follows :)
LL 10 - Address the following questions in a blog post, with references to the reading and to real life experience and reflections. Dig deep here, and take this seriously. (Make sure you type everything up in a text document first, THEN post it to your blog - to make sure there are no "glitches.")
I know you remember this one:
| 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; | 5 |
| 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, | 10 |
| 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. | 15 |
| 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. _______________________________ What is the road you are on? What does your path look like? Is it littered with construction? Or is it smoothly paved and lined for easy traveling? Who is traversing this road with you? And most importantly what is your destination? What do you have waiting for you at the end of your road? Education? Work force? Family? Kids? A Home or just a house? What is your existence going to be made of? What is going to make up the fabric of your life? And what are the ROADBLOCKS? What stands in your way? Hence the title of today's post, sometimes we can be our own worst enemies, our own roadblocks. How can you get out of your own way? How can you ensure success? Take me on a trip, take me on a journey - I want to ride shotgun on a trip with you down your road. This is real. I want to be there as you envision your future. NOW BLOG!!!! :):):):):):) |
My road that I'm traveling on is a road that takes me the right way and lets me have fun. There is some construction in my path to make the road more smooth but im always going to have bumps in my road because of sports and challenges in school and family. How I can ensure success is by making a detour around the road blocks like drugs and stuff. I want to be in a good life and have a good job and making money. I want to take the road to be a sports manegment.
ReplyDeleteMy road is pretty smooth. There are some roadblocks occasionally with school, after school activities, friends, and family. Figuring out what I want to do helps make my path smoother. There are some things in my life that I know, and there are other things that I'm still figuring out. I know I want a family. I know I want to be successful wherever my life takes me, so I work hard at everything so I will be prepared for whatever roadblock may appear. I can be my own roadblock because I don't always know exactly what I want. Working hard and trying new things help me overcome this obstacle because I get more experience and can learn about different things that might interest me.
ReplyDeleteI am on a road of fun and success that will lead me to my goals and where I want to be in the future. My path has it's construction in certain places and it can be rough but I will get through it. My friends and some of my family members are traveling on this road with me. My destination is to be successful in my life with a smooth paved path to travel on. At the end of my road I have a family of my own that I will see one day. Other people I see everyday and myself will be my roadblocks along the way. To get out of my own way I can't sit around wondering and worrying what could happen if I did some things I wouldn't usually do or worrying what other people will think about. To ensure success I just need to be myself, do the things that I like and do what ever I need to do that will help me become successful in my journey while I go down my life path.
ReplyDeleteThe road I am on is that leads to success and happiness. The path is partially hidden in mist because I sort a know what I want to do in life but I still don’t know exactly what I want to do in my life. My destination is something that does with the arts wither its singing,band, or drama. At the end I hope to have a job I love and a family as well. Some roadblocks is I still don’t know exactly what I want to do. Stop being lazy and find some careers that I’m interested in.
ReplyDeleteMy road is pretty rough right now. There are a lot of roadblocks with school and practice. I seem to spend a lot more times with my friends and not as much time on my school work. Figuring out what I want to do helps make my path smoother as well as getting better grades. There are some things in my life that I know, and there are other things that I'm still figuring out. I know I want a family. I know I want to be successful wherever my life takes me, so if I work harder at life and it's roadblocks such as school work i will be more successful in the future. I don't exactly know what i want to be yet or so, i am still indecisive which can be a road block. Working hard and trying new things help me overcome this obstacle because I get more experience and can learn about different things that might interest me. Which WILL help me decide where I want to go in life and what I want to be. I know for a fact I want to be successful and have great family and friends. But for right now, I need to find the line between those 2 things!
ReplyDeleteI believe that my road is very open and full of opportunities. I try to set my self up where I can have chances to better my future and myself. It is very smooth just because of how responsible I am in my learning. That is how I set myself up my bettering my opportunities when I can get older and hopefully be very successful.
ReplyDeleteThe road I'm on has tons of construction. Almost daily sometimes I change my mind of what I want to do. My road is no highway either. i'm not speeding by and just taking glances. I'm on the back road driving slow and carefully watching everything as I pass. Some things stay the same when I pass them others change. When I change things I become more confidant in myself. My road has many different ways it could go. In life I know at the end of my road I want to be able to look back and agree that it was a fun, and something worth watching. I also know I want a family. I don't know how many kids or who of course I want to have them with. I do know I want to live my 20's fully and then have kids. I have what I want, and I'm positive I know what I want to do. But the one thing I don't know what I want to do is my career. I have many different options and many different ideas. That's the construction. To fulfill my "map" I need to keep my hopes high and my options open. To do this I need to be careful of my choices in life and be careful of who I allow to come in and out of my life. I believe my road is on the right track. And when my road reaches it end it will be a road worth traveling.
ReplyDeleteMy road in my life is wide open. I try to make decisions for the better and take the right road. Sometimes the easy path isn't always the best way but through the tough times we can learn some things.
ReplyDeleteThe road that i am on is leading me in the right direction toward success in education, occupation, and financial. I hope to succeede in life
ReplyDeleteThe road I am on now is a good one, but not completely clear. My path is not completely known, but I am making good choices that no matter what path I choose, and no matter what I want to do I can be successful in it. It is smooth yet littered with construction at the same time. It is smooth because I always try to do my best in everything, but there are roadblocks because I am not totally sure what I want to do and what I want after high school. The people traveling this road with me are my friends and family. I hope that most of my friends and all of my family will continue to travel it with me. My destination, what I believe right now, is to go to college on a scholarship for academics and hopefully basketball. Waiting at the end of the road is a good job in either teaching, sportscasting, management, coaching, administration, or sports management. Also, a good home. My existence is going to be based on helping people in any way possible. I want to volunteer and really affect other peoples lives. The roadblocks are making good choices and continuing to do good things. Also, people are going to try and stop you and get in your way. The way I can ensure success or eliminate roadblocks is by working hard in everything I do, always. This is controlling what I can control, and that is what I do and how I react to roadblocks.
ReplyDeleteI cannot say how my road is at the moment because my perception of it constantly changes, and not very often is it what exactly is in front of me. I often have a habit of seeing things as being easier than what they are, and this is what gets me into many conflicts that I one day hope to resolve. Once they are resolved, I will hopefully keep following the right road toward a happy and successful life doing what it is I want to do while at the same time making a valuable contribution to society and the world.
ReplyDeleteThe road I am on can be very open on some days, on others its like a small rope bridge. I spend lots of my time thinking of how I could make things easier on myself instead of just doing the things in the first place. My destination is hopefully somewhere where I've got a good education, and i've done something with the things that i have learned. My family and friends are trying to help me get through this road. I will do whatever I need to to finsh what I have started.
ReplyDeletei wouldnt say my rode is easy BUT thats ok. i have chosen the roead that i wannA take so ima stay on it. i work HARD everyday to get my grades up & i practice hard for cheerleading everyday. i wouldnt say alot of people would tyake my road because its hard.. as long as i have GOALS & i complete them then i will be fine. tryingt to stay focus is hard but life isnt easy :):):) ima just continue to do & try &do MY BEST. i dont see failure at the END of my road i see SUCCESS :D
ReplyDeleteRight now, I am on the road less traveled. My path looks very planned by MYSELF and no one else. I have decided how my path looks. It is not completely smooth yet, but it is not littered. It is like this because I still have yet to learn how to do some things I want to happen in my life. If someone is traversing this road with me, I am not aware of them. I have not planned my future to do it with friends other than the ones will have in high school and college. They will not be influencing me reaching my goals. My destination is going through college and medical school successfully. I have success waiting at the end of the road for me (high education, surgeon, wife, two kids). Will have a home, not just a house. My existence will be made from a successful career. Friends and family will make up the fabric of my life. Roadblocks will be a problem. Loans and grants will stand in my way. I have to find a way to get grants and loans to be able to go to school. I can get out of my own way by not being a procrastinator. I can ensure success by making sure I have what I need and getting it.
ReplyDeleteI believe that I travel both roads sometimes, in some instances I take the road that everybody takes because it is where I feel the safest, I am inside of my comfort zone. Although sometimes I take the road less traveled because I want to take a different path then everyone else, I want to be different and do something somebody else hasn't. I want to be outside of my comfort zone. My path is one of many different oppurtunities and adventures, one of hard times and good, and maybe just maybe a little love in it somewhere. My path is littered with construction because each day it changes, one day I think I'm doing something with my life and the next thing I know I'm changing it again. The people traveling my road with me are my closest friends the ones I can count on to be there the most for me, and my parents who have loved and guided me through life. My destination is to have a successful business life with good relationships with my partners. Also I plan to have good relationships with my friends, ones filled with love and compassion and understanding. I also want to find myself with a beautiful family that I can provide for, and that my children will be set for life. The roadblocks that will prevent these are people that I don't get along, they will hold me back because they will break me down emotionally to the point where I think I can't take but I will fight through it and make a good life for myself. At times I will be my own worst enemy because I will procrastinate and put things off and I will learn my lesson not to and then I will use that experience to help me push through the next thing I have to do.
ReplyDeleteRight now my roads feels very confused. I'm not really sure what to do at certain times. I try my best to take the right paths, and i know that it will all be smooth soon. It most defiantly has a lot of construction that is going on now and I'm sure there will be some in the future. It feels like I'm not the only one on my path. Other people are effecting my path, and are traveling behind me. I'm hoping that at the end of my road or small paths there is a reward. I know i alternatively determine that but sometimes it slips out of my mind. Sometimes I find myself in my own way. My heart is telling to take a certain path but my head and mind are getting in my way and takes control. My goal in this path and journey of my life is to accomplish everything that was meant for me to do. I know that I can succeed in anything I put my mind to. In the long run, i want to look back down my path,journey, and road and be satisfied with what I did.
ReplyDeleteThe road I'm traveling is hard but worth it. Around every rough corner there is something that shows me my hard work was worth it. The road I'm traveling has it sights set on improvement and success. Of course there is construction because everyday mistakes are made and I have to go back to the drawing board each day. My destination is to be a worship leader and travel the world. I want to show the world what my God did for me and what he can do for them. At the end of the road I have waiting for me freedom and rejection. What's going to make up the fabric of my life is music, love, family, and people from all over the world. Roadblocks that stand in my way are what people will think of me because how i want to live my life is so different than what others want for their lives. To get rid of this roadblock I have to realize that everyone is entitled to a dream. I can ensure my success by never giving up.
ReplyDeleteMy path is like a bad roadway, its rough in parts, and smooth in others. The people, helping me through life, are those traveling down the path with me, and they experiance what I do to help. My destination is success, and to do the best I can, while over-coming my own struggles and habits. At the end of my road, I have success, but all I have to do is get through my bad habits to be successful. Some roadblocks, would be my habits of procrastination and just laziness, and others hindering me from doing my best, and exceeding. I can ensure my success by overcoming my bad habits and try my hardest in everything I do.
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