The thing is we are faced with endless possibilities each and every day. The possibility we have to say 'Good Morning' to a stranger, or a friend, and bring a smile to someone's face or to pass someone and say nothing and let them continue on, feeling invisible to the rest of the world.
We have infinite possibilities as to the food we eat, the books we read the shows we watch and the movies we see. Our choices may bring us joy, hope, love or even death.
The dictionary defines a possibility as something that may be, exist or happen. Once upon a time we were all a possibility. What if your mother or father had not believed in the possibility of love?
We think of about the "What if's" of life and play with possibilities. What would we do if we won the lottery? What would happen if we were brave enough to say hello to that stranger? It's easy and fun to do when we consider the future but can be sad and depressing when we play that game with the past. What if they hadn't taken that turn? What if they had gone to the movie on a different night? What if I made that phone call or had said I was sorry?
We don't know what the future holds and the past has already happened and must be borne. But the next time you you need to make a choice think of all the wonderful things that may happen. You may meet someone who will bring joy and love into your life. And the possibility may make you brave and change your life for the better.
"Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
— Anne Rice (Interview with the Vampire)
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
— Anaïs Nin (The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934)
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