The great road without gates...

For those interested in where my Blog title comes from, here is the explanation. I originally saw the quote in an epic Japanese comic called Lone Wolf & Cub. The proverb goes something like this:

The great road without gates, a thousand paths to choose
yet if you pass this by, you shall forever tread the road to hell alone.

What it means, or at least how I interpret it, is that the "great road without gates" is a representation of life. Life is a long path and inherently, there is nothing stopping you. The paths are the decisions we make in life every day. If you pass a path by, or make an bad decision, you walk the road to hell alone, meaning that you have made your own fate and nobody else is to blame for the consequences of that decision.
It's profound. So profound that I had it tattooed on my arm.

Chew on that for little bit. It's delicious.