Different path...

Anyone ever see that movie Mr. Destiny with Jim Belushi?

It's an old one... from 1990... wow... that was the year I graduated high school.

I still remember this movie though.

Its about this guy Larry who sees what life could've been like had he made a winning home run as a teenager.

One little change in his life completely made him go down another path.  He ended up being rich instead of being a blue collar worker... he ended up with the popular girl from school instead of being with the girl next door... everything about his life changed because of one moment...





Another one... Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow.  I actually love this movie.  Though her English accent is kinda odd to deal with.

Its the story of how different life is when she catches a train and when she doesn't...



The simple things in life ... they make a difference, don't they?

I mean, I know these are movies.  But its kind of the true. 
A hit baseball.... a train caught...

It could be those things in our life....

The dates we said yes too, the dates we said no too...
The left we took instead of a right on a drive home...
The test we failed or the test we passed in school...
The decision that you made... or the decision you didn't make...

They all put you on the path you're on right now...

If you really think about it, it gets kinda heavy.

What if something changed.  I always think, I probably wouldn't live where I'm at right now.  I may be in a different state.  I may be a mom with a house full of kids or maybe a pharmacist that has money coming out of my ears.  I wouldn't know the people I know now, but a whole other group of friends.... I could have dogs that I never had & someone else would have my dogs I've given good lives too... if they were even adopted at all... what if they were somewhere else & someone didn't take care of them

& then I get sad thinking of that side of things... what would have happened to Ricky if we didn't meet?  or even worse - if I took a small change in my path, would that have meant something dire for my path?  That an accident could have happened, or an illness & I may not even be on this earth on Dec 19, 2013...

see where my mind goes when I lay in bed at night?

I need to start drinking more Sleepy Time Tea I think ...

Its just weird to think about...

But then I always go back to the idea that God knows my path...

If I were to steer off of it, He puts me right back on a path - may not be the same one I was on, but its a path that still gets me to where I'm going...
His will for my life...mixed with my free will to choose...

Heavy thinking today...

Seek his will in all you do,

& he will show you which path to take.

-Proverbs 3:6

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Do you ever think of "What would have happened if....?"

Have you ever seen these movies?

What weird things to do you thin of when you're going to sleep?