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What If...? (The Road Less Taken)

By SlimShdy32

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A man awakens at an ungodly hour to go to his middle management job and he wonders… What if I had gone another direction in my life? What if I had taken a more adventurous approach to my life? Sure I love my wife and kids but the suburban life is not what I dreamed of Who aspires to be a 9 to 5 salesman, always tired and overstressed? I remember the big city dreams and wanting to wake up to lights and action Just imagine… Traveling across the world, exploring different cultures and tasting foreign air Live the life of fancy restaurants and Broadway plays A place where hustle and bustle is enchanting A place where you can fall asleep in the beauty of the confusion outside But then the man walks around his house and sees what he has His children… His wife, the love of his life… The awards from his bowling league… The pictures of past fishing trips upstate at his cabin on a lake… In this life the art of busyness and new adventure is not always present But the quiet life is an art in its own beautiful way, he decides To be truly happy lies in the heart of the individual… How are you most happy in your life? Written February 10th, 2002 © on Feb 10 2002 07:04 AM PST   0 • 10

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