The Greatest What If

“I'm always wondering about the what-ifs, about the road not taken.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

I heard about this film but was not familiar, what struck me the most is the quote, our greatest what-if in life is questioning what would be our situation once we choose another path we choose before. Sometimes some people are wondering what they choose another way if their life would change and not experience difficulties right now. Those are one of the what if's that we have but this topic is so broad and even ourselves will question our what if's. This article will relate to different aspects of life like love, career, our decision, etc.

Let's start with our life, maybe lots of these scenarios happen to elders right now who are experiencing difficulty and start to ask themselves their what-ifs. What if they choose the right path before, they studied hard and got a good job, are we in a different situation, like tasting a good life and not thinking about what food to eat tomorrow, or what if they saved money before instead of spending it on unnecessary things, maybe they are now well sustained and doesn't need to think about money.

It shows that repentance comes later, people tend to enjoy life and don't care about the future, and once that future comes and all the struggles flood, people will ask themselves their greatest what if. This relates to me a lot, I have lots of what if's in this life, what if I changed my life before maybe I am not be here in this situation, what if I didn't do such things in the past, maybe I am not in this hard situation. Those are my what if but the reality is, I choose the path where I am now and the only thing I can do is accept it and go with the flow of life I had the chance to change my fate and make those what if come true.

The second one is about love, we humans can easily get attracted to other people especially once our hormones increased and suddenly we feel that our world slowly revolving, time stopped and we only saw a single person in our eyes. That's the time we can say that we fell in love with a certain person. Love is such complicated stuff, you are lucky if you put in a healthy relationship and not experiencing toxic matters however there are cases in which a couple involves in a lot of fights and their relationship became toxic. That's the time they will question their greatest what if. What if they never met the person, are they on are better path in which they enjoy the life of being single? Or are they on the path where they met a good person who shows pure and loyal love to them?

Like I said earlier love is such a thing that is difficult to explore, it's like exploring Mount Everest but you just reach its peak. It's such complicated stuff that people are risking to explore, it's all a matter of luck to find such a person who will love you the most. It's also our choice to enter into a relationship that had no assurance that's why we ended up having a toxic relationship and that's the time we will question our what-ifs.

The last one is about our career, I know lots of people will relate to this one, lots of employees nowadays feel bored about their job, they are not satisfied with what they reach, maybe they are receiving an income but it's not enough. Some people experience lots of toxicity in their jobs to the point that they want to resign but the reality is, they can't risk losing the job due to the level of hardship which no assurance that they can find another job that's why employees prefer to stay as much as they can even if they are on the toxic environment.

However, somehow they have the greatest what if, like what if they choose another job that they like, are they in a position where they can accumulate good income and manage to treat themselves in fancy restaurants or use their money to have a vacation in different tourist attraction inside and outside the borders.

One thing for sure is, our what if's before can't be changed but this present times, those what if can come true, it all depends on the person if they will gonna stick to the past or they will change it for the future, it's not the end of the world to change ourselves, if we are on the hard situation right now then we have a choice to work hard to surpass and get out from it.