Talhah's Blog

Crossroads. How every little detail in our life could have changed completely had events deviated from the way it did. What if we decided not to swim just because it rained? What if I did not eat breakfast this morning? What if my old Samsung phone did not drop (twice) that day? What if I was still attached when Azhar called me that fateful night? What if I decided to pursue further studies?

I learned today that my circumstances today could have been completely different had I not known someone who is involved in the project. I could have ended up in a different team. How big a difference would that have made? Thinking on a personal note, I probably would have gathered my courage and try to be closer to a certain, quiet lady. I admit, I do feel some pity, seeing her all alone at nearly all the events. I want to befriend her, but we're in different teams; that just can't be done. What a pity.

Crossroads. Choices. Do we really have a choice, or is it just an illusion? An illusion that we have a choice, when in fact everything has been laid out for us. From the day we were born til the day we die, perhaps everything has been cast in stone for us. Who we will know. What we would do, and achieve. How we'll live, and how we'll die.

Would that mean that, based on my religion, some of us have already been predetermined to go to hell, and others to heaven? That would be scary. But based on my religion, that isn't so. We do have a choice.

Life would be dull if we knew we did not have any say with regards to how we live.

Lately I've been feeling...lonely.