Every day I make hundreds of choices and decisions. Typically they are small ones; what to wear or what to fix for dinner. Nothing earth shattering or news worthy. Then there is that one decision when I decide to go right and not left that starts a chain reaction of events that can create a tidal wave of changes in my life and those around me. What gives us the courage to travel upstream instead of down? To walk away from a sure thing to take a chance on a possibility? To brave family disapproval and still walk with our heads held high?

I will never understand my thought processes and how I can make a life changing decision in 5 seconds yet dither over what to order at a restaurant for 5 minutes. Are things that I regret choosing? Yes, I am sure everyone does. But the bigger question for me is to I have regrets when I turn my back and walk away and the is no, so rarely do I regret not taking the sure thing; the road I did not travel were probably the ones others would have chosen for me. They were not a fit for me just someone else's perspective if what should be a fit.

I find it easier with age to walk away from people, relationships and situations that do not fit what I need or want in my life. I have wondered at times if people become more judgemental with age or just know ourselves well enough and have developed the courage to not take a road and be confident of surviving the confident of surviving the consequences.