Can always count on a good read from ya oldhaole. Mahalos.
The path you wish to travel, has seen many feet. The ones that went first had a far easier time of it, than the ones traveling it now.
The well treveled path is easy to see. Easy to follow, but since so many have gone before, it is torn up and slow going.
There are other paths for those who look. I fear the old path no longer goes to where we want to be. Find the new path. If necessary make it. Let them follow you. You NEVER follow them.