photo challenge #16 - path

"Don't confuse your path with your destination;

just because it's stormy now, doesn't mean you aren't headed for sunshine."

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This prompt was definitely open for interpretation,

and I wasn't sure whether to approach it literally or symbolically,

- or maybe a blend of both.

I'm not actually going through a particularly stormy time,
but I feel that the quote is a good reminder - always - of life's ups and downs.
as well as a good fit for my photo
- which got me thinking -
wouldn't it be a good challenge to choose a quote or saying that has personal meaning
and then try to photograph it?
just a thought

Of the many quotes I read about "path", though,

unfortunately - the one that resonated the most with me is a Chinese proverb:

"I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one."
Hmmm - not sure how I'd photograph that one...

It's the time of year in collegiate budgetland where my workday life is getting a bit hectic.
I've definitely walked this path before - but it gets a little easier each time.
My posts will likely be sporadic, but I will enjoy visiting yours!

And then - the words of J.R.R. Tolkien remind me that someday - new paths await:

"Still round the corner there may wait 

A new road or a secret gate;

And though I oft have passed them by,

A day will come at last when I 

Shall take the hidden paths that run

West of the moon, East of the sun."

When you think of "path" what images come to your mind?