The Road Actually Followed
I have recently spent some time reading an internet friend’s blog and come to the conclusion that life is not about the road not traveled but about the road actually traveled. We all make decisions about our lives on a day to day basis, some decisions are minor while others may have long lasting, but unforeseeable effects on us and those around us. It is every step forward that we make in this life, every minor decision that makes us who we are. It can be as simple as leaving a couple of minutes early for work one day and not being in a car accident or as profound as finding the next great mathematical theory. The tiny steps and missteps make us who we are.
The time you fell off your bicycle at four years old trying to learn how to balance, the time you ate a worm or a mud pie or even huddling with your friends in front of the hot window air conditioner exhaust shivering until the warm air dried you enough to throw off that towel and jump back into the chilly wading pool. These may just seem like fond memories of a long ago past, but they are more than that - they are part of the road map that makes you who you are.
