I will walk where my own nature would be leading.

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

When the path reveals itself, follow it.

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading. It vexes me to choose another guide.

Am I following a path already laid out for me, or am I making it myself?

When you choose the path, you choose the destination.

One thing: you have to walk, and create the way by your walking; you will not find a ready-made path. It is not so cheap, to reach to the ultimate realization of truth. You will have to create the path by walking yourself; the path is not ready-made, lying there and waiting for you. It is just like the sky: the birds fly, but they don't leave any footprints. You cannot follow them; there are no footprints left behind.

Do not conform to the expectations others have of you, but forge your own path.

I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.

Paths are made by walking

A path is made by walking on it.

People do not necessarily think and consider in a prescribed way before choosing the path they'll walk. For the most part they simply wander, at some point, into a different meadow.

The way comes about as we walk it.

We need not come to the end of the path to experience the benefits of walking it.