. —Carlos Castaneda

You must always keep in mind that a path is only a path.
Each path is only one of a million paths.
If you feel that you must now follow it,
you need not stay with it under any circumstances.
Any path is only a path. 

There is no affront to yourself or others in dropping a path
if that is what your heart tells you to do.  But your decision to keep on a path or to leave it  must be free of fear and ambition. 

I caution you: look at every path closely and deliberately.  Try it as many times as you think necessary.
Then ask yourself and yourself alone this one question.
Does this path have a heart? 
All paths are the same. They lead nowhere.
They are paths going through the brush or into the brush
or under the brush of the Universe.  The only question is: Does this path have a heart? 

If it does, then it is a good path.
If it doesn’t, then it is of no use.

You must always keep in mind that a path is only a path.
Each path is only one of a million paths.
If you feel that you must now follow it,
you need not stay with it under any circumstances.
Any path is only a path. 

There is no affront to yourself or others in dropping a path
if that is what your heart tells you to do.  But your decision to keep on a path or to leave it  must be free of fear and ambition. 

I caution you: look at every path closely and deliberately.  Try it as many times as you think necessary.
Then ask yourself and yourself alone this one question.
Does this path have a heart? 
All paths are the same. They lead nowhere.
They are paths going through the brush or into the brush
or under the brush of the Universe.  The only question is: Does this path have a heart? 

If it does, then it is a good path.
If it doesn’t, then it is of no use.

—Carlos Castaneda