本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛3. 人生不能假设
前年回国，遇到一些老同学和朋友，数年不见，相聚时大家不免感慨光阴如梭，和各自巨大的变化。看到国内朋友一个个都是兴旺发达，过着风光自在的生活，而自己在海外插队，蹉跎多年，一事无成，为了稻粱而忙碌，那如留在国内？
回来之后，心底不免有些不宁。想当日为了出国，考 GRE, TOEFL 费尽心血，何尝料到今日之结果？
如果当年不出国，生活会怎么样？这个想法时不时地涌上心头，有时，不免一声叹息。
最近，看了“武林外传”的“中秋圆梦”才明白，这样的情结人人都有啊。
老板娘，老白，秀才，郭女侠，李大嘴等在中秋之夜，邀月共饮，各自谈论自己未曾实现的梦想。“如果当初我走了另外一条路，那会怎么样？” 每人都遐想无限，心驰神往。
这不禁令人想起 Robert Frost 的隽永小诗 “The Road Not Taken”. 我怀疑，宁财神写这一集武林外传时，就是心中先盘绕着类似 "The Road Not Taken" 这样的感触。然后，以此为内核来编剧，虚构故事，正好非常完美地阐释了Robert Frost的诗，异曲同工啊。
就想武侠书里所说，先有剑意，再有剑招，意在剑先。
The Road Not Taken
---- Robert Frost (1874–1963).
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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幸运的是，同福客栈各位的梦想都得以实现，但是结局却也出乎各自预料，令人哭笑不得。
老板娘的夫君没有死，却吃喝嫖赌，浪荡成性，让老板娘吃尽苦头，后悔不已。
老白成为了画家，却手无缚鸡之力，眼睁睁地看着所爱的人离开，却无能为力。恨自己为何没有武功在身？
。。。。。。
等等，等等。
就像大话西游里面紫霞临死前所说，“我猜中了这开头，却没有料到其结尾。” 即使当初选择另外一条路，同样是缺憾和不甘心。
生活本来就满是缺憾，非人力能够勉强和弥补。
老天爷给你2条路，其中一条是让你来走的，而另外一条，就是专门来烦恼折磨你的，尤其是在失意的时候。让你遐想无尽，无数次徒劳地去猜谜，却永远无法知道正确答案。
原来那条未走的路，未必比现在的路要好。既然这样，还是少些劳神和叹息，珍惜眼前。
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