THE PATH NOT TAKEN.

"The road not taken has a way of looking more beautiful the longer you stare at it."~

I often say that we don't regret the things we do. What we regret are the things we never did.

For the longest time, I saw that idea as a "live your best life in the moment" kind of quote. But recently, I looked at it from another angle and realized something: no matter the path you choose, there will always be another path you didn't.

For every decision you make, there is an alternative version of that decision left untouched. And if you could somehow go back in time and choose differently, the path you originally took would become the road not taken. As the quote says, the longer you stare at that road, the more beautiful it begins to look.

In SS2, I had to choose between Arts and Science. Honestly, if you knew me back then, you would have bet money on me choosing Arts. But I didn't, and every now and then, I wonder what my life would have looked like if I had.

But then there are days like today, when I spend hours in the physics lab working with my group on an experiment. The thrill of figuring things out, the mental exercise. The satisfaction of finally getting a result.

And I realize that if I had chosen Arts, this would have been the beauty of the road not taken.

Dearest reader, you and I get to decide what is enough. We get to define it for ourselves.

Because out there, there will always be more, and the thing about the road not taken is that even if you had taken it, there would still be another road calling your attention. Another life to romanticize, so maybe the grass isn't greener elsewhere.

Maybe you're exactly where you're supposed to be.

Maybe what looks like a better path from a distance is simply the illusion created by distance itself.

Define enough for yourself.

@favvy_Okwans🖤.