Think about a time when a situation was presented to you. A moment when you were given the choice to do something, but you did not do it. Maybe this was something very small, or maybe this was something very big. But, for whatever reason, you remember that moment and occasionally it will come to your mind.  A crossroads was presented to you, and you choose to walk one path but not the other.
 
Bring that situation clearly into mental focus, really think it through. You most likely will remember why you choose not to do it.
 
Maybe at that point in time you had your reasons. Maybe as you look back you understand those reasons. Maybe when you look back you cannot understand why you made the choice you did. Maybe you have always regretted doing what you did and not doing what you didn’t do. But, the fact of the fact is, that was the choice you made.
 
Continue along this thought process and calculate what would or could have possibly happened to you then, and to your later life, if you had made that other choice. …If you had chosen the other road to walk down. What would that have meant to your life? How would your life have been affected? How would your life have been changed? What would it possibly have meant to your life evolution?
 
Obviously, this mind exercise is all based in fantasy. And, you really need to be careful walking down the path of fantasy, as fantasy is never reality. But, more than that, what was then, can never be what is now. And, for most of these life situations, based in the what was, there is no possible way to relive that choice you made and actually make a different decision.
 
This being understood, what this thought process—this pathway of reliving the what did not happen will allow you to do is to trace the what might have been, based upon the what never was.
 
It’s essential to note, however, as all this is based in fantasy, whatever you think or believe might have happened will most likely never have actually been what would have occurred. So again, you need to be careful in following this thought exercise. But, what it can provide you with is an insight into your desired outcome. An outcome that never took place. The first step in the next step is, from all of this, ask yourself, why do you still hold onto to that desired outcome that did not come to be?
 
Again, with all this as an understood basis, take a moment and really chart through the decision you made. Clearly articulate to yourself why you made the choice you did. What caused you to turn right instead of turning left?
 
Now that you understand your logic in making the decision you made, why has that choice continued to raise questions in mind? Why do you question the choice that you made? Again, really think this through. Why has that situation continued to pop up in your brain?
 
Can you find the answer to those questions?
 
If you can, does that give you any peace in the choice you made over the choice you could have made? If it does, great! If not, why not?
 
Life is a pathway of choice. At every moment of our life there is a choice that we can make. Some of those choices we understand. Some of those choices we are grateful that we made. Sometimes, we totally regret the pathway we choose to walk. Or, with other choices, we always question the what might have been. That’s just life.  
 
The main thing to understand, as you walk the path of life, is that there will be choices. And, in some cases you will believe that you made the right choice while in others you will be believe you made the wrong choice. Knowing this, all we are left with is the what’s next. So, what is next based upon the choice(s) you have made?
 
You can choose or you can choose not to choose, that is your choice. But, from every choice, all you are left with is the consequences of that choice you made. What choice are you going to make next? And, what will that choice mean to the rest of your life? Will you always be thankful for making that choice? Or, will you always regret having made that choice?

Remember, a choice lasts forever.

A choice can make or break your life.

There is always a price to pay for every choice you make.

Your life, your choice.