Eddie Rolens Analysis

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Eddie Rolens was always a man among men. He recognized the right and wrong in this world and would be the first person to pull a young man aside and let him know that there were two paths you can take in this world. Here is my interpretation of that talk he had with me:: There are two paths you can take in this world. The path to heaven is often times full of obstructions, twists, and turns, big hills, small hills, mountains, bridges, tunnels, the occasional poor directions. and from time to time a misread sign or a sign you didn't even see. That there would be nicely paved roads, good roads and bad roads, dark roads and back roads, dirt roads and at times it would seem like no roads at all. That these obstacles could all be navigated so long as you knew where you were and remembered where you ultimately wanted to be. …show more content…
No, not nearly! The second path was well paved, my guess is someone intended it to be well lit with bright lights. There were huge signs also lit with bright lights on both sides of the road. The lights were so bright you couldn't read the words on the signs. This path was without change and had no bends or turns. Keep traveling this path and before long you'll see another bright sign ahead. As you approach the sign you'll see it's held by an older man. The words are too small to make out so you can either drive on ahead or stop to read the words on the sign. If you decide to drive on, this will be your last sign until you reach your destination. Should you chose to stop, you might be surprised to hear the old man say "Turn around you are going the wrong way". You can now plainly see the words on the sign he is

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