Choice

The fork in the road

May lead to the road less travelled

‘Though destiny calls

As fates conspire

The journey ahead

May be smooth or jagged

But a choice must be made

With a fork in the road

I was walking yesterday evening and literally saw a broken fork in the road. I took it as a metaphorical message. Everything we do / see / hear involves a choice at some point… whether to go on, go back, or stop, or whether to do something completely different instead. We may not necessarily make the right choice to begin with, but further along the path will come the time to make another choice. Just keep an eye open for the forks in the road… or put your own there, if need be – the choice is yours!

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13 responses to “Choice”

  1. pennsivity avatar
    pennsivity

    Always, the choice is yours Tom, …Destiny certainly calls, whichever route you take, wherever you end up, you chose to be there. Loved the poetic description, …and mayhap a compass could aid in both our travels…✨Penn✨

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      We merely need to keep moving forward, Penn. Although a compass may be useful if we had a map as well! 🤔🙂

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      1. pennsivity avatar
        pennsivity

        Maybe a moral compass aids us in our forward motion , …like an inside guide, and the map? …I wonder if they’re handed out at the start of our journey, and we mislay it…hopefully I’ll find it in that wardrobe, …✨Penn✨

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        1. Tom avatar
          Tom

          Quite possibly, Penn, mind you, it’s probably all been upgraded to an integrated satnav system nowadays.

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  2. Visionkeeper avatar
    Visionkeeper

    Interesting picture you chose for the fork in the road….Nothing pointed or jagged so I guess you chose to go around the circle and start again? VK 🙂

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      It was a deliberate choice, VK… focusing on the ‘choice’ rather than the choice to be made.
      🤔
      I hope that makes sense… it makes sense in my head, but it kind of fails when put into words! 🤣

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  3. The Sicilian Storyteller avatar
    The Sicilian Storyteller

    This is wonderful, Tom – insightful yet questioning. An interesting choice of graphics as well.

    In a town close to me there stands a statue of a 7′ fork in the road. It’s quite brilliant and I’ve been trying for a while now to take a photo of it but it’s located on a busy road with no place to park or even stop. This one requires a passenger with their camera at the ready!

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Thanks, Nancy… I tried to focus on the choice, rather than the options to choose from, with the image.
      Your fork in the road seems more impressive than the one I saw… although mine, had I so wished, would have been rather easy to photograph! 🙂

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      1. The Sicilian Storyteller avatar
        The Sicilian Storyteller

        That, I’m sure, is very true! 😂

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  4. europasicewolf avatar
    europasicewolf

    I had to make a choice today…that was a difficult fork in the road! The choice to buy or not to buy a pair of shorts for a holiday…I chose to purchase…it remains to be seen whether this was a good choice or even if I will risk wearing them…my legs are frighteningly white 😀 and rarely see the light of day let alone be flashed in public!!🤣😂😅

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      Decisions, decisions! 🙂
      At least by wearing the shorts, your legs may not be as ‘frighteningly white’ for long! 🦵 🦵 (However, these legs look like wonky champagne glasses 🥂 , so best not to listen to me! 😊)

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  5. Chris Hall avatar
    Chris Hall

    Interesting…

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    1. Tom avatar
      Tom

      A random burst of inspiration, Chris… all from a discarded fork! 🙂

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