A father in his late twenties and his 5-year-old son are on their way to another village.
the path that they are taking is one that has been existing for years, walked by hundreds and thousands of people before them.
the son, out of curiosity, eventually gets off from the path and walks on his own instead.
from his father's perspective, a path that has never been trodden on might have some unseen dangerous lurking around. and thus he cries "come back here, son! it's too dangerous to walk out of the main path!"
the son, retorts "daddy daddy, see? i did not fell! i am walking a path of my own!"
the father is taken aback by his little son's simple and straight forward thought, and as he looks on, he sees that behind his young son, there is a small and light trail, footsteps of his son is clearly evident. the path the father is taking, on the other hand, there's not even one footstep of his own left on the path he is taking.
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walking a path of our own sometimes means breaking the conventional structure, and will usually meets lots of downs than ups.
roads and paths never existed until we trodden on it day by day, one person per another. but we cannot just rely on the existed path or following it forever, it's safe yes but it also guarantees not as much chance of personal development.
to succeed, is to risk.
to risk, is to learn knowing how to let go of certain things, things that you have got used to too much that you starts relying on it.
and learning how to let go helps because letting go meaning the acceptance of newer and fresher things.
walking a path of our own is never easy.
but it is worth trying.
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