Being At The Crossroads Of Must, And Should

Being at the crossroads of “Must” and “Should” is always a tricky situation. In life, we are often faced with this situation. “Should I do my own thing and face judgement? Or should I listen to what people tell me to do?” Ultimately, we are the ones who make the final choice of which path to take.
Elle Luna, Author of “When You’re at the Crossroads of Should and Must” describes Should as “how others want us to show up in the world.” This applies to: what we think, say, what we do, and what we don’t do. When we take the Should path, it can be a single person, a small group, or society influencing our decision to take the Should path. Although taking this path is the easiest, we are not truly being ourselves. Leading to other people dictate …show more content…
Being the genius that he is, what if he chose the Should path? What if he chose the follow everyone else and stick with what everyone knew and was comfortable with? Would someone else think of it? Or would we never have this style of painting and inventions?
Another famous example of someone who took the must path is Hector Berlioz. Berlioz grew up with a very religious mother, who did not believe that Berlioz could have a profession as a musician. She wanted him to go to medical school and become a doctor. Following her wishes, he went to medical school. But only for a short period, he then announced that he would be fulfilling his dream of becoming a musician.
Berlioz choosing the Must path was probably difficult, because he went against his mother’s wishes and disappointed her by choosing music. Berlioz continued anyways, and went on to create one of the greatest symphonies of all time: “Symphonie Fantastique.” This changed the game for how symphonies were written. Normally, there is four movements, but Berlioz put five movements in. That at the time, was unheard of when he began writing