The Best Way Out Is Always Through - Robert Frost

I love Robert Frost, He is crystal clear in the way he expresses his thought.

You should look up his poems if you want to find some interesting thoughts, thoughts that we often think, he has penned it down beautifully. I'm sure we all have read the most famous stanza by Frost,

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

  But I have promises to keep,

  And miles to go before I sleep,

  And miles to go before I sleep.

It's amusing how all these great writers come up with one-liners before the rest of us can think of the best way to phrase the thought. But they make a point most of the time.

 I'm sure a lot of people have said the thought mentioned in the subject in their minds, to their kids, to their siblings, to their cousin, to their friends. Also we ourselves must have hesitantly and/or after putting a lot of thought to it, practiced it when faced with a difficult situation.

I'm a believer of the thought, but in my mind this idea is phrased as follows "there's no other way around". I have to convince myself to go through it, after I check out every other possible route. 

But it takes a great deal of understanding and courage to take the "through"- way. The sooner we start practicing the thought I guess the lesser we struggle or waste what precious little time we have looking for shortcuts, which seem like quick-fixes but often lead to wider problems, than the "through"- way.

Another problem most of us including me face is admitting we were wrong. As I have mentioned in a post before about 'being a leader', diplomatic fearless expression is important. Thanks to whoever invented diplomacy, choosing the right words to acknowledge the wrong seems like the best solution sometimes. 

But once the wrong is committed, it would also be in our best interest to correct it within our human capacity. Whoever chooses not to correct what can be fixed, will most definitely feel like a "looser".

We will be surprised to see that once we take the "through" way, there's no mental baggage, there's no loss of energy from looking for alternatives, and we can get to fixing the wrong, if any, sooner.

Everyone does not have the courage to put such things to practice, may be it is the "through" way that has helped the great thinkers to get to the thought beautifully before us all.

Let me pause here, I want to apply the thought, before I get lost again...

I'll sum it up with another meaningful one from Frost, I think it's the "through" way that he's hinting at again here:

"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."