I walked along one day and I saw a well beaten path. I stepped off of my usual route and seemed to be in a familiar place. Before me I saw foot prints worn in the dirt. I stepped upon them and they were the same as mine. I looked in the far distance and I saw a shaded figure walking. I ran to catch up with him, but I could not. Before I knew it, I was well down the road, so I felt that I should just go on. A little further ,then a little more until the path I had been on was left behind. I then looked back and saw the foot steps and in the distance I saw a shaded figure looking at me. I could not make out who the person was, so I just carried on, each step I took was the same as the one that lay before me. Finally I stopped and looked back again, the path behind me had grown darker, but I could see  a figure coming behind me. It was then I began to ponder, was I following another, or perhaps I was following a path that I had already walked and the foot prints in the dust ahead of me were actually my own?