Choices

 
Missed opportunities, errors of omission and commission, blunders in decision, and judgemental flaws obsess us. It could be that one job you didn’t take or that one person you didn’t meet when you had the chance. The proximity to these choices could’ve been anything at all but we regret the near misses the most. Don’t we? Whichever way we take, we’re sure to miss something on the other path. The ubiquitous influence of Robert Frost’s signature poem "The Road Not Taken" is found everywhere.
In this modern world we have plenty of choices. I’m glad you chose to read this. If we don’t have this freedom of choice, then it’s a hornets nest. But we do have far more choices and the freedom to make them but what holds us back? It’s convenience. It’s simple to sit through a dull meeting than to tell your boss about it. It’s easier to choose something that’s easy-to-use than the complex ones. It’s always convenient to follow the norms and maintain status quo than to take risks that make you feel uncomfortable. Inconvenience could even petrify us. But if these choices of convenience aren’t helping, it’s worth to try the road “not taken”.
It’s not only about what’s in the funny little brain of ours, it’s got to do something with the inner self. You could find unanticipated strangeness as you turn over each new stone in the path of life. But if only you would bother little about the conveniences and move on with confidence, life certainly would be a grand adventure. There is no more striking articulation of this notion than in the words of Nelson Mandela, "May your choices reflect your hopes, not fears." 
Having read some classics in my high school, I particularly harken to the short exchange between Alice and The Cheshire Cat in Lewis Carroll’s "Alice In Wonderland".
Alice: "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
The Cheshire Cat: "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
Alice: "I don’t much care where."
The Cheshire Cat: "Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go."
Alice: "…so long as I get somewhere."
The Cheshire Cat: "Oh, you’re sure to do that, if only you walk long enough."
How often like Alice we start out, then walk and walk without knowing where to go. And at some point we realize what we’ve found isn’t what we’re looking for. Choices in life can get you somewhere if you know where you want to get to. What about the rest? Well, you’ll have to find it out along the way.