Perhaps those who venture to read the various posts to this week's Six Sentence Stories - Walk may feel they have been on a walkabout. Time will tell. I am thankful for Denise of Girlie On The Edge's Blog who every week hosts this blog hop. Click the link and you will be able to read the other stories written only in six sentences including the cue word for today.
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It wasn’t just the visible barriers that lay in sight that should have concerned her, but those hidden underneath which continued to quietly gnaw away at the roots others had established.
Taking the path of least resistance certainly had its advantages but not being willing to face the problem square on perhaps would only lead to bigger problems later on.
Neither is zigzagging exactly the fastest approach to reaching one’s goal, but sometimes the adventures encountered in doing so bring their own rewards, while in other instances, the tiniest zig leads one on a road to ruin or sometimes death. Best to consider carefully the worth of a zig.
She eyed the gravel road to the small cemetery but today she decided not to walk up there. Instead she chose to turn about determined to stay on the straight and narrow road with a resolution to somehow make things right.
Thoughtful piece, Pat. I wondered if a zag could remedy a wrong zig. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Doug. As to whether a zag could remedy a wrong zip, perhaps.
DeleteWell done -thought provoking
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteYou have me wondering what the buried story is?, Pat?
ReplyDeleteIt does seem that there could be one out there to be discovered.
DeleteChoice. Resolution. Making right.
ReplyDeleteI really like this, Pat. So much "room" for interpretation. And I totally agree. I like Doug's idea that a zag could possibly remedy a zig :D
Thanks, Denise. I was hoping that would be the case.
Deleteahh...the Original labyrinth: to try to know the future. (Or better to say, to come to the false belief that we can know the future by accounting only for ourselves.)
ReplyDeleteThoughtful Six!
So true, Clark. No man is an island.
DeleteIf only we knew where all the various paths would lead... but then again, what adventure would there be in that?
ReplyDeleteAnd if we knew where the various paths would lead, would we be willing to take the risk that perhaps would just be what we would need in our lives, even if it was hard.
DeleteI like how you described the warning: "the tiniest zig leads one on a road to ruin or sometimes death"
ReplyDeleteThanks, Frank. I suspect there have been some who have been guilty of judging decisions made by others, summing it up, oh, if he just hadn't . . .
DeleteAll she can do is try, and there is much merit in the trying.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Mimi.
DeleteLove this Six, Pat. It's brilliant we have often have choices, allowing us to go as we please, discover, make mistakes along the way and learn, or find a perfect path.
ReplyDeleteFord
Thank you. So true.
DeleteThought provoking six which is my favorite kind. Well done.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisa.
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