The Road Not Taken

..."Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less travled by,
And that has made all the difference.

It has made all the difference concerning those individuals brave enough to break away from the norm and energetic and positive enough to contribute thought-provoking, awareness building meditations. When meditations are clear, we then are able to reflect and, hopefully, act. If we are caught in the stream and maelstrom of the mundane, we may NOT have the ability or desire to diverge in order to seek out open minded perspectives. John Staurt Mill writes in his essay On Liberty that in order to come to the truth, concerning any and all matters, one must take into account, not only the prevailing opinions and ideology, but those, also, containing the polemic view. For the popular opinion, perhaps, may not be the half or whole truth and the yang to its yin is necessary to fuse the complete whole. Hegel provided this dialectic form of reasoning by explaining that true Reason is possible when the thesis collides and combines with its antithesis to elucidate a synthesis of Understanding. Is it possible to think differently than that which we have been raised and nurtured? If most citizens of this nation toil day in and day out, only to return home to a kiss from their significant other, a hot meal and reality television, where is the leisure time found to reflect on these issues? That is why honest and brave leaders must rise to positively infuse action and awareness into the lives of 300 million people.