About a month ago I was trying to get my son to read a choose your own adventure book. You may remember them from when you were younger. You read the first few pages and then you are given a choice with a page to go to if you choose "A" and a different page if you choose "B". When I was younger I loved this type of book and would go back through reading it over and over choosing different options each time.
However, as he started to read one, I realized that these books are like life. At various points in our life we are given a choice of two or more paths from which to choose and we have to hope we make the right choice. There is one big exception. Most of us cannot go back and choose a different path to see how the outcome would differ.
I know at times I think back and wonder "what if" about certain decisions. What if I did not attend that first theater meeting in high school. Would I have stayed with swim team? Would that have made me look at a different career choice instead of public relations? What if I had made any number of choices differently, where would I be today?
That is when I realized that no matter what, I made the right choices because I cannot see my personal life being any different. Being able to choose different paths in a book is a great thing as you can have many adventures on the pages of just one book. But being able to redo your life has many implications that many may not think about given the opportunity to take just even one different path in their past.
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