The boggy point

I was out walking today and we came to a place where the path got very muddy; deep, boggy and very mucky.  It obviously happens all the time there because to one side of the path, people have developed an alternate path that bypasses this mini-swamp.  You see this quite often in the woods.  I often wonder how many people it takes to make a path.  I think it is great that where there is a problem area, people find a way round it, and by following in the paths of others we too can avoid the mess.

Sometimes it is a good thing to follow in another’s footsteps and to walk around a problem…  the alternative can be very messy!

“Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will your advice.”

“Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by imitation, even though they cannot entirely keep to the tracks of others or emulate the prowess of their models. So a prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding.”  Niccolo Machiavelli

Tags: alternate approaches, avoiding trouble, problem solving

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