What if ...?

Have you ever wondered how your life would be different if a significant event in your past had gone differently, or not occurred at all? What about an important decision that you or someone in your life made? What if you, or they, had chosen to act differently in that situation? How would that have changed the course of your life? How might that one change have affected the series of events in your life that followed? What other changes would have occurred as a result of this change? What if you had never met that certain someone? What if your team hadn't lost (or won) that big game? What if you hadn't moved to that new town or school (or had)? If you have asked yourself similar questions, then you have engaged in counterfactual thinking. Read this article and then respond in a comment below. What is your most significant "What if . . ." moment? (Note: Please type your comment in Google Docs first and check it for errors before posting to the blog. It should be at least one page long in Google Docs. If it is too personal and you'd rather not post it on the blog, then share it with me via Google Docs).