I am a stoic philosopher, also known as Epictetus. I write this letter from the heaves, because searching the internet I found one of your poems, The Road Not Taken. I found it great, it follows many of the advises I give in my own book, Handbook. In my book I talk alot about choices, about things thatr are up to us and things that aren't. Your poem has to do alot with that, in many aspects. I took my time to close-read your masterpiece, and interpreted that when you were young you had to do a very tough choice, obviously you couldn't take both paths, so you tried peeking (or foreseeing) into one, which then turned to the underworld. You, fairly enough decided to go through the other one, all by yourself, and now, in the third age, you tell your story with a sigh. You know, there are some things that are up to us, and some aren't. Destiny is not, and you couldn't avoid taking a desition. It must have been a lot of pressure, but you took control. A very important thing I like to teach is to not let the appearances trick you. You saw a bad thing coming through one path, and immediately took the other. The one you chose was bright, with treeas and grass and pretty. This could have been a fatal error, because appearances could have tricked you, thank the gods beside me that nothing happened. Well, I was just writing to say thankyou for sharing with the world such a great masterpiece. See you (hopefully) up here when your time comes, and may the gods bless you. Sincerely,
Epictetus.
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