Crossroads

Accord to Wikipedia the word Crossroads means: "an intersection of roads. This meaning is used metaphorically as a place where other things - both physical and abstract - meet."

Apparently Robert Johnson came to a crossroads near Dockery's Plantation in rural Mississippi and sold his soul to the devil in order to become a great blues musician. Crossroads.

When I think of coming to a crossroads I think of that rural setting in Mississippi. I picture a young Robert Johnson standing there in the black of night with nothing to accompany him but his guitar, the clothes on his back and the nightly, ghostly sounds of the Mississippi Delta. I picture fear and uncertainty.

Crossroads can mean many things and anything to anyone. In my mind, crossroads are where you decide to take the road less traveled, or to follow convention. At a crossroads one determines whether they have the courage to follow their dreams, or to follow expectations. No one knows how many times one comes to a crossroads. Yet, everyone comes to them and everyone has to decide what is in the best interest for them and/or if they have the courage to go against the grain.

Do you take the risk and set out on that uncharted course in hopes of finding something you've always longed for? Or do you stay the course, always wondering "what if?"

"What if?" haunts me.