“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dan Strutzel quotes Emerson to begin an article 
for Nightingale-Conant in which he also encourages us to leave a trail rather than follow one. That is good and inspirational advice, but it can’t be followed in every instance. Suppose, for example, I take a new way to work tomorrow, away from the trail I usually follow, I feel certain that at some point, curbs and fences and trees and buildings and a couple of creeks will impede my progress.
But, as Strutzel says, there are plenty of times when trail blazing is the best way to go. “… blaze new trails, rather than courageously moving forward on existing trails,” he says. “Let your originality shine forth… whether it comes to your career, your relationships, our political views, your style of parenting, or your philosophy of life.” Determine ways in which you are “unique and different from conventional paths,” Strutzel says. “How can you begin to blaze new trails by ‘going public’ with your uniqueness? Such acts require immense courage… yet the rewards are more than commensurate with the demands.”
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