Life decisions, an immense tree
It’s amazing to me that I ended up where I am. I mean when I reflect on all the crazy twists and turns in my life, I still can’t fathom how I got here.
I know, my story is probably an unknown to most of you, but I think the concept is universal. When I think about all the events and decisions I have made in life, I realize that everything could have turned out a thousand different ways. Whether it was a class I took in high school or a decision I made to retrain in the Air Force, every decision is a branch onto a path that could have turned out very differently.
I tried to mentally conceptualize a branching tree in which decisions result in a different life path, but I find it impossible to cover anything beyond the obvious major decisions. There are so many small decisions that combine and culminate into life choices that I find it incredible that I am where I am at today. I think about others I know, especially family members, and wonder how their decisions affected them. Sometimes others’ decisions affected us too and how we reacted is a decision in itself.
We cannot undo our decisions outright. We can adjust course and hope to change our destination if we realize a different choice might have been better, but it will always be impossible to go back and undo the original decision. Life is a journey filled with an impossible number of decisions and choices. We can plan but we really have no idea how our journey will turn out and where we will land. I guess this is reason to enjoy the journey we are on and keep looking forward.