"I am looking out of my window in an anxious and resentful state of mind, oblivious of my surroundings, brooding perhaps on some damage done to my prestige. Then suddenly I observe a hovering kestrel. In a moment everything is altered. The brooding self with its hurt vanity has disappeared. There is nothing now but kestrel. And when I return to thinking of the other matter it seems less important." Iris Murdoch Moral Philosopher and Novelist Well, it's not a kestrel I've pain

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost This quote by Robert Frost has been my aspiration throughout my adult life. Although the variation I found I sometimes appreciate even more: "I chose the road less traveled; now where the hell am I?" Although Robert Frost doesn't use the word "chose", but rather "took", the implication is that he made a choice to take the road less traveled. And he stat