{"id":3833,"date":"2021-10-05T01:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T01:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:34:38","slug":"where-the-path-may-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3833","title":{"rendered":"WHERE THE PATH MAY LEAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The curriculum I use with my 8th graders sometimes offers famous quotes as prompts for thinking and writing. The other day Ralph Waldo Emerson was on tap with this bit of advice:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prompt asked &#8220;Do you agree or disagree? Explain why or why not.&#8221; My students 100% agreed. Emerson&#8217;s words do appeal powerfully to American ears.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I&#8217;m not sure what I think. As I embark on pursuing a new degree, I am reading books by contemporary and ancient sages who have left behind them trails of profound truths.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before I even consider blazing my own, it is surely worth the time to explore some well-worn and orthodox paths.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if any of those paths might lead to a deeper relationship with the Lord, I&#8217;m guessing I won&#8217;t feel the need to cut my own trail.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The curriculum I use with my 8th graders sometimes offers famous quotes as prompts for thinking and writing. The other day Ralph Waldo Emerson was on tap with this bit of advice: &#8220;Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.&#8221; The prompt asked &#8220;Do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3834,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions\/3834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}