There is a path that is overgrown, and narrow. There is an isolated path, that leads to greatness, but few travel it.

It is often said that on this road a traveler is found every now and then.The overgrowth is due to the lack of use. This is the road that you must take.

Eschew the crowds

Follow that straight and narrow path, where few crowd, where few choose.  Avoid mental contagion, group think, the collective mind. Dare to be different. Dare to be set apart. Dare to choose the road less traveled.

Broad is the way that leads to destruction

The roar of the collective turns men into sheep; desperate to fit in, clamoring  to give up self just to be accepted.  They run to exchange their freedom.

So many  full of desperation, seeking, and looking, but lost on so busy a path. They have been reduced to sheep, shorn,  lined up for the slaughter of innocence, of virtue, of morality, of humanity. Although, possessors of their own minds, hearts, passions, and pursuits they  bend to the whim of the mass. They stumble along life’s journey willingly to their slaughter.

Boldly they flock,  readily holding out their hands to accept the shackles of slavery. Even with the full knowledge that the greatest gift of humanity is the freedom to choose, to think, and to be. Nevertheless, they conform. They conform to belong, to be recognized. For recognition and adulation they become sheep, full of fear, and loathing but  afraid to bleat because  of the off-chance that others may uncover the charade and they lose their standing. The fear of rejection drives them. They fear living life as a pariah ( an outcast) ,  labeled  the black sheep. Little do they know that,

Yes, it seems easy to take the road traveled by many. The path is laid, the travelers are plenty. It seems that there is no way to lose self,  or to lose at life because there are just too many arms to prop you up, shoulders on which you can lean, wisdom from which, truth can be gleaned. This is only an illusion.

The narrow way

Traveling the narrow way isn’t easy, it is very  uncomfortable. To do so  one must be full of courage and strong in faith. It is difficult to push through the overgrowth. It is difficult to diverge and journey solo. It is not easy being  different. It is often lonely

One must have the mental and spiritual aptitude to withstand every thing that tries to turn one  from his or  path. Especially, when the human body craves affirmation, adulation, and attention.  You must strive to subdue does things daily which call unto you, to draw you from  your journey. You must power on despite this to achieve. One must choose virtue, over vanity.  It must be a purposed journey walked with boldness.

It is worth every stare, every tear, and every jeer. Traveling the overgrown path less traveled is worth it.

 “Be not weary in your well-doing in due time you will be rewarded” .