Time Travel & Choices

If you were given the opportunity to go back in time to a point in your life where you could change things, change outcomes, would you?

And how would you choose that point?

But as always there are other choices to make before you decide ........  Would you go back with the knowledge you have now? Or choose to be making a completely fresh start? 

Ah, if only....

Of course, these thoughts come from a book I'm reading.  But, do you ever look back and wonder "If only I'd made one different choice .... would my life be different?"  And different could be better, or worse.  

With every choice we make, there are outcomes.  I like that word better than consequences, which seems to imply punishments.  

With age, a person seems to have more time for introspection, to mull over the past. Which leads to wondering about the times where you had a choice to make that might impact how your life would turn out. 

And that becomes a whole series of "what if.... " questions. What if I hadn't married my high school boyfriend?  Or what if I had continued with college??  Or back even further ... in high school as a sophomore, I chose a senior elective in Economics, and really liked the challenge of the class.  I did a comprehensive book report on the banking industry and liked it! That could have been a stepping point into a totally different life. But I listened to my parents' viewpoint of "you can't do that ...." and dropped it. 

I look back at my past loves... I could have ended up in Pennsylvania, or some other state, I suppose.  With one choice, I ended up leaving Calif and living in Ohio. (Oddly enough, I liked small town America!!)

But our choices determined the path of our lives, and here we are. But that doesn't mean our next choices can't be life changing.  Even small choices can have an impact.  I could choose to go for a walk in the park and perhaps meet someone new!!!

Our lives are full of choices, each with different outcomes.  Embrace the possibilities!