Day 15 - May 30, 2010 - Two Roads

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you. ~Jules Renard

I know the typical "two roads" cliche. I don't want to write about taking the narrow path. I want to write about what happens when two paths cross. These two roads meet behind the Bronte sisters' house. Some intrepid readers might know who the Bronte sisters were. To say the least, they were acquainted with death, loss, and sorrow in their lives, but they wrote some astounding literature. Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre. She outlived her four sisters and her brother. At the age of thirty, she married an Irishman. They were husband and wife for about six months before she passed away as well.

Supposedly, Charlotte and her future husband used to sneak out at night and visit one another secretly where these two roads met. Who knows what they talked about? Who knows how they affected one another's lives. Their paths crossed. Their lives were altered by their meeting. Their paths were different and one was not better than the other. Yet, they combined to create something beautiful and tragic. We cross paths with people every day. We never know who will change us. I think it is safe to say that everyone we truly get to know leaves an impression upon us. How much we change depends on how much we learn from the encounter.