In life i have always found that at each and every step we have the option to choose from any two roads and out of stereotypical attitude we take the most traversed road . Hence we land up with a simple , not so adventurous but mediocre life . There are people who are adventurous and ready to take a risk and they land up on a decision which is more taken from heart than mind . Risks are high but chances of winning offer very good stakes . Upon losing u might face criticism , hostility and lots of losses but still sometimes we opt for it and miraculously we win and success is mind boggling .

Even in my life i have taken few risky decisions and success has come in leaps and bounds .

So as a young adventurous person my own experiences would suggest that breaking from a stereotype is always painful and a big challenge . It is not easy to face the world , many a times it leads u to segregation and isolation which is not easily managed by many . So when ever we come to a stage where life is offering two choices make a decision with deliberations and afterthought .

A good foresight is necessary to help one in making choices and decision once made should be executed till we can sustain with lots of efforts and hindsight .

Most of the people break when they take an uncommon decision . This makes them shaky and weak . Instead of standing firm to it they break if they face defeat . So a road not taken should never be a sorrowful road , instead it should be with lots of fun and learning process for the person concerned .

Once i was having a discussion with a psychiatrist in regards to one of the cases . A young child was been discussed and his problem was he was afraid of defeat. His stakes were too high in life and hi felt that success is to be calculated in big economic deliberations . The psychiatrist told him that if he is ready to open a chai shop without being ashamed then he can win the race of life with flying colors .

To decipher life is not an easy task and hence we should not be afraid of new paths . One never knows when success is ready to open its doors for us .

We should be explorers in our journey of life and try to attempt the Road Not Taken by many .

-Mamta Mehrotra