Wednesday, April 15, 2009

leave the trail



“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American essayist, philosopher and poet, best remembered for leading the transcendentalist movement of the early 19th century.

Of course, if you do this you may sometimes find yourself lost, but some of life's most interesting discoveries happen when you are lost. No pain, no gain. Better take a granola bar just to be safe.

6 comments:

Abhishek said...

Wow, that was inspiring.

Anonymous said...

Hi Lyn,
Cool blog. Thanks so much for sharing the corn snake and screech owl with the Brownies last night. They had a blast.
Best,
Kathleen Z.
PS Do you know that you're mentioned here: http://www.500jerk.com/2008/08/early-bird-gets-worm.html?

Stephen Lyn Bales said...

Hello Aby. (Almost midnight in New Delphi. For some reason, I always like to visualize your time of day as I respond.)

Thanks. Yes the Emerson quote is inspiring to me as well. I've had Emerson on my mind of late.

I hope things are well and you get a good night's sleep.

Stephen Lyn Bales said...

Thank you. The thing I love most about being at Ijams is getting to sit in the floor and talk to a group of kids. And I really prefer to dialog, because I just love to hear what they have to say.

Unfortunately, I don't get to do that that often because of ofter responsibilities. So, last night was a blessing to me.

Thanks for pointing out your blog and no, I hadn't seen it. It was great to relive that morning. And thanks for visiting my blog.

Enjoy your day.

Lyn

Vickie said...

I thought, "make a trail" as I was reading. Lovely verse. I liked your addition, definitely I'd need to take a bar.

Stephen Lyn Bales said...

or a little trail mix.