Decisions that lead us down different roads in life.

I am not a person who spends time thinking "what would have been" after making one decision over another and regretting some of my past actions. Those choices (or lack there of) have made me into the creature I am today.

But my boss was talking about how her father made a last minute switch to be stationed in Jacksonville, Florida over New Orleans, Louisiana at the tail end of his military duties. She stated he said wherever the destination, he wanted to retire there. She stated that she mostly would have never been in her current position if it wasn't for the last minute decision by her father. She most likely wouldn't have the husband she has today or the exact same lifestyle she currently has(it could be better or worse).

That little story was so profound to me. Because we as people end up in different situations because of the decisions we make. Decisions like what school to attend, what job to take, who to date. Each decision combined with other factors in our lives can create opportunities or obstacles. Making the decision to leave your hometown with everything you own packed in your car without a definitive destination in mind might lead you to a life you never knew existed. Making the decision to get the tall young lady's number before the end of the evening instead of the short young lady's number might take you on a road beyond your wildest dreams. You never know how things would have turned out if you made the contrary decision. Who knows, by making the contrary decision in a certain situation, you might have ended up in your same current state. Chances that happening......Very small. You just never know.