I wonder if you are actually following a path — I suspect that you are actually blazing one.
There’s a restaurant in the Berkshires that was started by a very young man named Jonathan, who made a success of it, but then was killed very untimely in a motorcycle accident. His mother still runs the restaurant. Outside there is a small stone on which appears this inscription:
In loving memory of Jonathan Thomas Van Allen
September 5, 1984 – August 13, 2009
Do not go where the path may lead
Go instead where there is no path
and leave a trail
That’s what I think you’re doing, Tara. There’s no right or wrong about it. Each step you take is another step on the path, simply that. And that’s enough.