Not Quite by the Book

by Julie Hatcher

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

only having one life to live, one chance to exist to the fullest, was what made living so sweet.

Many think the poem, about a fork in a road, means that we should take chances and do brave things—take the paths not taken. In reality, Frost suggested that it’s the smaller choices that make up our lives.