I would have had we stayed in the US, there are so many other outcomes that seem impossible to predict. Would I be a different person today had we stayed in Massachusetts? Would I have acquired my passion for music? Would I have lost my passion for sports? How would I be doing at school? Would I have grown uninterested with what my parents found to be an unchallenging curriculum, or would continuous success and approval have piqued my interest in certain subjects? What about socially? Would I be the quiet, reserved young adult I am today or would the minor adulation that comes with being somewhat athletic in a sports-crazed town have made my head bigger and my tongue looser? You could ask these questions endlessly, without reaching any answers.
So, while it may be entertaining to think about parallel universes, I
think it is far more useful for us human beings to simply live within our own: to accept the things that happen to us and use them to better ourselves; to accept that life is full of surprises and that that is what makes it worth living.
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