Do you ever stop and think to yourself if you had done something different that you would have had a different outcome? Well of course you do. Everyone does. I think it's normal to contemplate and play the 'what if' game. Even thought I sometimes wonder what would have happen had I done some things differently, I don't ponder on it much because I believe that everything happens for a reason.
Everything that you have done up until now has happened for a specific reason. Where you were born. What school you went to. All of the decisions that you have made. It all happened for a reason. Think for a moment... had you done something differently in your life what the outcome would have been. Everyone always thinks of the positive things that could have happened. For example, perhaps if you had went to graduate school you would be earning more money? Perhaps if you had not taken the first job you were offered when you graduated from college you would be further along in your career? Perhaps if you had only put in a few more hours, you would have gotten the promotion that was given to someone else? Well, perhaps this is all true but do you ever stop to think what would not have happened had your life taken those turns?
If you went to graduate school perhaps you would be making more money but it would have been in a field that you didn't like. If you didn't take that first job you would have never met your spouse who worked down the hall and gotten married. If you would have put in a few more hours to get the promotion you may have missed the birth of your first child. The 'what if' game can go on forever but the reality is everything, and I do mean everything, happens for a reason.
I think it's best to use each situation as a learning block. If you make a mistake, try hard not to make that same mistake again. If you do something in life that you regret, if you're still alive, you have the opportunity to right your wrong. If you have failed to accomplish a goal by a certain date then change the date and keep pushing forward. At the end of the day when it's all said and done, no one can go back and change time.
No one can undo something that has been done. The only thing that you can do is create a future for yourself that is better than your past. It's important to remember that something you did in your past laid out the stepping stones and foundation for your future. Be it good or bad it in your best interest to make the best of it. No one can control what happened in their past but everyone can control what happens in their future!
TIMOTHY ANIETIE
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