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ssomethingwealreadyhaveexperienced.Onemoment,wearelyingcomfortablyinbed,abouttofallintoadeepsleep.Thenext,oureyesareopenandwefindourselveswonderingorevenworryingaboutpossiblythemostimportantissueofourlives-thefuture.Willwegetintotheschoolofourchoice?

Whatwillwebedoingintenyears'

time?

CanwebecomethepersonwereallywanttobeInthefaceofsuchquestions,howshouldweapproachthefuture?

Canwetakeactiontoshapeit,orshouldwejustacceptwhatevercomesourway?

Asmanyofusalreadyknow,havingplansinplaceforthefutureisnoguaranteethattheywillbecomereality.Inthisrespect,somepeoplearemorefortunatethanothers,ascanbeillustratedbycomparingthelivesoftwofamousauthors,born40yearsapart.Althoughtheysharedthesameambitiousandenergeticapproachtolife,theircareersunfoldedincontrastingways.

TheAmericanauthor,ErnestHemingway,bornin1899,wasfromearlyboyhoodsingle-mindedinhisambitiontowrite.Onleavinghighschool,hejoinedalocalKansasnewspaperasatraineereporter.HewentontobecomeforeigncorrespondentfortheTorontoStarandusedhisextraordinaryexperiencesinEuropeandlaterCubatoinformhiswritingInhiswords,"

IdecidedthatIwouldwriteonestoryabouteachthingthatIknewabout."

Havingsethimselfthisgoal,hewrotenovelsandshortstoriesbasedonhispersonalexperiencesoftheFirstWorldWar,theSpanishCivilWar,bullfightinganddeep-seafishing,amongstothers.HisshortnovelTheOldManandtheSea,aboutthethree-dayepicstrugglebetweenanelderlyfishermanandthebiggestfishhehadevercaught,wonthePulitzerPrizeforFictionin1953.HewouldlatergoontowintheNobelPrizeinLiterature.

Bycontrast,theyoungAuthurConanDoyle,borninScotlandin1859,hadoriginallyworkedasdoctor.ButDoyle'

s'

mainambitionwastobecomeawriterofhistoricalnovels.Althoughsomeofhishistoricalnovelswerepublished,theirsuccesswasnothingcomparedtothestoriesofhisfictionaldetective,SherlockHolmes,whichheisstillbestknownfortothisday.

Interestingly,DoylewrotesomeofhisearlyHolmesstorieswhilehewaswaitingforpatientsinhismedicalpracticeinLondon.AfterSherlockHolmesmadehimahouseholdname,Doylegaveupmedicineanddevotedhimselfentirelytowriting.Hestilllongedtobecomeknownforhishistoricalnovelsamongstotheracademicworks.Thepublic,however,couldn'

tgetenoughofSherlockHolmes.Indesperation,Doylekilledoffthefamousdetectiveinanovelpublishedin1893sothathecouldfocusonhis"

serious"

writing.However,fansofHolmesweresoangrythatDoyle,underimmensepressure,wasforcedtobringHolmesbackfromthedead.Doyle'

smanyhistoricalnovels,plays,poemsandacademicpapershaveremainedlargelyforgotten,butSherlockHolmeshasbeenentertainingreadersforwelloveracentury.

Thoughbothofthesemenwereultimatelysuccessful,theirpathstosuccesswereverydifferent,theirfuturesnotnecessarilyturningoutexactlyastheyplanned.So,whatevertwistsandturnsyoumightencounter,takealeafoutofthebooksofthesetwoauthorsandbepreparedfortheunexpected.AsrenownedtechinnovatorSteveJobsoncesaid,"

Youcan'

tconnectthedotslookingforward;

youcanonlyconnectthemlookingbackwards.Soyouhavetotrustthatthedotswillsomehowconnectinyourfuture.

Unit2

Developingideas

TheRoadNotTaken

Tworoadsdivergedinayellowwood

AndsorryIcouldnottravelboth

Andbeonetraveler,longIstood

AndlookeddownoneasfarasIcould

Towhereitbentintheundergrowth;

Thentooktheother,asjustasfair,

Andhavingperhapsthebetterclaim,

Becauseitwasgrassyandwantedwear;

Thoughasforthat,thepassingthere

Hadwornthemreallyaboutthesame,

Andboththatmorningequallylay

Inleavesnostephadtroddenblack

Oh,Ikeptthefirstforanotherday!

Yetknowinghowwayleadsontoway,

IdoubtedifIshouldevercomeback.

Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh

Somewhereagesandageshence:

Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI

Itooktheonelesstraveledby,

Andthathasmadeallthedifference.

LinesfromthepoemTheRoadNotTakenareoftenquotedinspeechesofallkinds.Thepoemhasbeensettomusicbyanumberofartistsandusedinnumeroustelevisioncommercials.IthasinfactbecomeoneofthemostfamousAmericanpoemsofalltime,notonlybecauseofitsnaturalstyle,butalsobecauseofitsthoughtfulinsightsintohumannature.

WhenreadingTheRoadNotTaken,onecannothelpbutseeinone'

smindimagesofapeacefulwooddeepwithinthecountryside.Pathsinthewoodsareoftenusedtosymbolizehowourlivesprogressandchange.Thelines"

Tworoadsd