DreadLife

"Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost

This quote has been at the top of my DreadLife profile since the beginning, but today I find myself really contemplating the meaning and impact its words have had on my life. Every day, I wake up to find a new world full of new decisions I have to make - from what to wear that day to how I react to the situations I find myself in. To sit and think at the end of the day of all the different paths I had taken is just astounding. When reflecting, how would my life be different if I had responded this way to this person? It's downright freaky thinking that every interaction with a person could greatly impact the rest of my life. That person could be one of my future best friends, my soul mate even. This person was contemplating taking his life later, but a brief chat and smile made him rethink it. The next person had a gun and one wrong move was it. I never know. To sit and pick this all apart is just mind boggling and far too much to think about in one go. I sit here writing this, and I fear I'm giving myself a headache. Thought after thought flying around and bouncing back in my skull, colliding with each other until this jumbled mess of words finds itself on the laptop screen in a long winded ramble...

What am I writing about again? Oh yeah. Paths, journeys and choices. Got it.

Here I sit at square one... again... Rebuilding a life that I have yet to really begin. When does life really begin though? Some say conception, others birth, others graduation, others still marriage, career, children, etc. For me, I feel like this is just the beginning of yet another chapter. We'll say it started at conception, though I really don't want to think about my parents getting jiggy. We'll stick with the stork dropped me off on their…