Be Different

" Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
                                                                              - Ralph Waldo Emerson

In this quote, Emerson mentions a path. This path is very wide, and you can clearly see countless people down it. It seems only logical to take this path. You think it it safe and that it is the best way for you, simply because everyone else is going that way too. You are afraid to go another way because of what they may think, what they might say. On top of that, you do not even see another path. So, you start walking down the path that countless others have walked, making the same mistake they did. For, you see, there is no other path because no one has gone another way! Every single person before you thought the same exact thoughts you did. They went down that same path because they too did not want to be judged. I think the point Emerson is trying to make is that everyone has a different way or path for their life. This path leades them to an amazing and prosperous life. But you are the one who has to make your own path. No two people have the same path for their life. But when you go down your own unique path, you will leave a trail. You will make a difference in this hostile world we live in. This world that tells you that it's okay to do something simply because "everyone else is doing it." When you are different, go a different way, down the true path for your life, you will make a difference.