Paths
A path, the general form of a filename or of a directory name, specifies a unique location in a file system.
The PATHS (Providing Alternative THinking Strategies) curriculum is a program for educators and counselors that is designed to facilitate the development of self-control, emotional awareness, and interpersonal problem-solving skills.
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PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) service between New York City and New Jersey.
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A Garden path sentence is a sentence for which the responder’s most intuitive interpretation is an incorrect one, ultimately luring them into an improper parse. Garden path sentences are used in psycholinguistics to illustrate that, while reading, human beings process language one word at a time. The “garden path” is a reference to the saying “to be led up the garden path”, meaning “to be misled”.
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or perhaps you are simple talking about the path you decide to walk everyday.
Regardless of the type of path you are talking about they all lead you somewhere. Everyone has and is on their own path. I have been trying for the last three weeks to walk a new path to places. When I leave my apartment, when I leave my classroom, when I go out shopping. I have been trying to walk different ways even though I am heading to a familiar place. New paths bring you new experiences. You see new things and meet new people. There is something comforting about old paths but truth be told, like old files that should be deleted, old paths. like old conflicts, don’t need to be embraced. You remember the old paths, learn from the old paths but sometimes it is best just to let go and move forward on a new path. The small little changes you make with your feet sometimes really do help to provide an alternative thinking strategy.
This summer in New York we rode the PATH train. This PATH brought us many new and interesting places. The PATH was quick and efficient and helped us enjoy the New York traffic as a tourist photo opportunity instead of seeing it as something delaying our path to fun.
Enjoying your path somedays takes work and somedays your path is filled with simple morning hellos, beauty and new experiences. For me the goal is to find a balance between planning my path and surrendering to embrace my path, where ever it takes me, where ever it leads me and whatever happens to be on my path that day!
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own.
And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.”
-Dr. Seuss-
Kuwait City, KUWAIT
Christine Oastler is a freelance travel writer, teacher and artist, currently living in Mahboula, Kuwait. Born and raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Christine obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Trent University and her Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University. Currently traveling around the Middle East she finds herself riding the odd camel and embracing a new culture!