I’m a great believer in the ‘what’s for you, won’t go by you’ philosophy of many grannies, including mine. But I do wonder how the ‘what’s for you’ bit is shaped. Many times in our life we will take fundamental (maybe not known at the time) decisions which if we had taken the opposite, our life would not be what it is today.

Simple but important stuff like how you secured a career in your sector – why, how you found your forever partner, found your bff, had a horrible experience – these all come about because you made a decision to turn left or right one day. It might have been that you kissed the first kid at the school party, chose to ignore someone or something and say hello to another, it may be because you missed a train, you chucked (Scottish vernacular) that boy at Uni, you may have entered/exited from another door from usual, stood next to someone on the first day of high school, were ill or on holiday and put something off for a few days, got off the bus a stop earlier – it impacted your future. You may have recently left a job or finished a relationship because someit just didn’t feel right. Our journey has so many dynamics.

Ever wonder what that different lens would, could or should have been? Check out the words and Poetcast below.

Different Lens

In our endeavours through this journey, we face forks in our road, once, twice, thrice in this life. Turn left, miss an opportunity, turn right avoid strife.

If only we could head straight on for optimism, turn back for regret, uphill for fond memories, downhill to forget.

Often our contemplations are crushed by need, wishes melted away in the sun, divisions, decisions, derisions impacting our everyone.

Heads or tails at our fork in the road, our constant throw of the dice, each and every outcome, awaiting its subsequent price.

Destiny often trumped by necessity; divinity overcome by choice, our leanings transcending our dreams, decisions shaping our future voice.

The consequences from our actions which at the time make sense, determine the reflection in our different lens.

Different Lens – Poetcast Video

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