The men and women that have made a difference in the world they inhabited; that made a difference in the lives of people they never knew; had lives that mostly went unheralded by the historians of the world. The man from Nazareth did not just decide one day that he was going to bring his people back to the creator of their world. Before he was a man, he was a boy; before being a boy he was a child. Before being a child, he was the result of the love of a man and a woman expressed in their physical union.Brought up with an expectation that he would be a blessing to his family and the people of his society, he rose to those expectations. Looking to see good in all the people he encountered, he shared his desire that others would see the good. Growing with the love of both father and mother, he shared this love with his siblings and with all he met in his life.Just into his 22nd year he tells us: "I was barely past my twenty second year, already an elder in my community, and running a successful business I know my father would have been proud. I was seeking a union with a woman I knew would challenge me to even greater and better service to family, community and the God of my fathers."What I failed to understand was that I had my priorities out of order."His growth is first in his physical maturation. This growth is accompanied by growth in his desire to learn all that the men he came in contact with could teach him. His learning is not limited by the mother and father he has. It is their love that prepares him for his role in life as the husband and father of the family he creates.The Road Less Traveled is about the man and what he was given so that he would be prepared to give and to be prepared to then again receive.