We always imagine that an alternate future would have been better. But there's a 50/50 chance it would have been worse. And a non-zero chance it would have been much, much worse...
“ I am grateful today that I got to spend Mother’s Day with my mother, and that she is still with us, driving, and preaching at church at 81!” This what makes a worthwhile life. The alternative—too dismal to contemplate.
1) There's a Yiddish saying: if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car.
2) Have you seen the movie Sliding Doors? Spoiler Alert: It's all about what happened (which starts out bad) is better than what would have happened had bad thing not happened.
Never having found the right guy, I didn't have kids. Now I don't know who's going to look after me if I need looking after in the future, like my folks did.
“ I am grateful today that I got to spend Mother’s Day with my mother, and that she is still with us, driving, and preaching at church at 81!” This what makes a worthwhile life. The alternative—too dismal to contemplate.
1) There's a Yiddish saying: if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car.
2) Have you seen the movie Sliding Doors? Spoiler Alert: It's all about what happened (which starts out bad) is better than what would have happened had bad thing not happened.
Never having found the right guy, I didn't have kids. Now I don't know who's going to look after me if I need looking after in the future, like my folks did.
I haven’t seen the movie but I’ve heard of it.