taking left turns

hitting life's reset button. was out at suntec today with boyfriend. we were at coffee bean where i read the sunday times, and came across this article under reflect, in the life style section, called 'hitting life's reset button'. was mildly touched by the article cos in certain aspects, i could relate to it, albeit my situation was on a much smaller scale.

so what if they're not safe and sane? take them anyway!

the author was at a friend's memorial..
"..you ask yourself: should your life end suddenly tomorrow, would i have been happy with the way i lived?

the answer turns on two key things, first knowing what it is exactly that makes you happy, and secondly, having the guts to do it, for life has a strange way of whittling down options.

My own life is a case in point. i'm single but lucky to be in love, n my work as a journalist n as an editor is something which i really enjoy.

yet i could just as easily have been a discontented father in a loveless marriage, doing something which would have paid me much more but which would have been much less satisfying.

the difference between the two scenarios still takes my breath away cos it essentially boils down to two left turns i made in life. they werent easy decisions at all but i dont regret making them.

the first choice i made was to simply follow my heart about what i wanted to do. but even that took some figuring out."

i have already hit the reset button once. guess i'm sort of reading this article at the right time, cos sometimes i still question myself whether i have made the right decision. for a long long time i've been trying to figure out, i think i still am...but at least i know now that if one day this is not where i wanna be, i could hit the button once again to steer it to the right course.

do you have the guts to click 'reset'?