I was having this discussion with one of my dear friends. I of course was tunnel visioned on a "what if?" situation. She said something interesting to me. "What if moments, can kill you". Interesting don't you think? Now of course I'm analyzing that. I mean she can be right....especially if you take situations that involves something dangerous ; for instance, by just being missed by an out of control drunk driver on the freeway. What if you were just two feet to your left? Then you can look at it another way...... the person that is behind that wheel and they delt with their what if moment to include 4 more drinks than they typically drink, which led them to get behind a wheel completely intoxicated. So here your actions on a "what if?" moment can change not only your life, but the lives of others.
Our day to day lives are constructed on choices. You choose path A or B. With us being such a diverse bunch, not everyone ends up in the same path. Which is okay, but what if we all were? What if we were able to figure out how different our lives would be if we did opposite of what we choose to do even in the past 24 hours?
My big "What if?" is something I will be throwing around my head for awhile. I've always set standards for myself but never held myself accountable for not maintaining my standards. I recently discovered something that I didn't purposefully look for, but it would mean fulfilling something in my life that has been empty for a very long time. So what if I go and get it?
"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief"
Gerry Spence
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