THE ROAD NOT TAKEN – Robert Frost poem

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

And worry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And look down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other…

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

In recent years (1980’s), coach Jimmy Johnson divorced his wife of 26 years when he left coaching a college team to become head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League. He said he needed a wife while coaching on the college level for social functions and to show families that he would be looking out for their sons. In pro-football, however, she was an unnecessary accouterment and a distraction to winning. He said, winning football was his number one priority and his two sons second. How tragic!

In contrast to this, Tom Landry, former coach of the Dallas Cowboys said, "The thrill of knowing Jesus is the greatest thing that ever happened to me… I think God has put me in a very special place, and He expects me to use it to His glory in everything I do… whether coaching football or talking to the press, I’m always a Christian… Christ is first, family second, and football third."

QUOTE: Don’t let the urgent take the place of the important in your life. – Charles E. Hummel, Tyranny of the Urgent