Their older children all became doctors, but their youngest son chose/followed a different (career) 'path'.
His friends all went to college, but he chose to 'follow' a different path. [=to do something different]
He believes the average consumer is being 'led down the garden path' by the promises in advertisements.
(..) when the Romans turn their anger on the rest of us? Hate and fear are lies. They turn us against each other. Those are the lies that make us slaves. He has a path planned for you. If He has a path planned for me, how am I better off than a slave? Why don't you ask her? Esther. (..)2016 Ben-Hur