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Originally posted by BeerBelle:
nice poem. sliding doors. i love the whole concept and would love some parallel universes to play out a few decisions!
I don't read the poem like that.
It's not about parallel universes - it's about the fact that all your life you are making decisions about the next step to take - which job, which partner etc. etc.. Life is like a lot of branching pathways that you travel along and each decision takes you along another road -" way leads on to way". Sometimes you are conscious that the decision is life-changing - sometimes not. Sometimes a really tiny seemingly trivial decision can have momentous consequences.
Some people take the easy route through life - the one that's expected of them - the one that the majority take.
Others want to step into the unknown a bit and take a different route from the majority.
To go out on a limb!
But as you make your choices and travel along your chosen path there's no way of finding your way back again, to choose differently.
And if you choose the way least travelled by then your life is changed forever.