The Road not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

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.

-- Robert Frost (Taken from Wikipedia :) )

Above poem was quoted by Robert Langer in his interview to Nature Magazine. He won US$2 million worth prizes this year. He completed PhD in chemical engineering in 1974, and instead of working in Petrochemical Engg, which was an obvious option at that time, he went on to work in a Surgery Lab in Children hospital. Can you imagine a hardcore chemical engineer working in a surgery lab that also in 1974??? From there on, he started liking for biomedical field, and combining it with his chemical engineering knowledge, he is doing some fascinating research.

The whole point is that it is worth exploring the uncharted paths. Surely, there will be hurdles, obstacles and lots of disappointments, but with right inspiration and perspiration, one may succeed. This is what I want to remember, and hence this blog post. :)