Every Person Is One Choice Away From Everything Changing

This video is a fictional short story about a young man named Carl faced with a decision that will change his life completely. With all options equally good, bad, and unclear, he's faced with the impossible task and responsibility of inventing himself.

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[sujatarai]

When I was at the lowest point of my life my father said this to me :
"We don't make right choices.
We make choices and prove them right."

[LightBringer]

when i'm in a dilemma and i cannot choose, i flip a coin, and before i look at the result, i think to myself, "what did i hope it would land on while i watched it flip in the air?" and that's my decision.

[scottsmith]

One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in growing older is the reality that there are thousands of lives I could live but I'll only ever live one.

[markalbarracin]

“Whichever you choose, there’s always something there to love and to dread”

Life changing quote

[tapestry]

And suddenly, Carl awoke, sitting drunkenly at the bench he had sat in years before, realizing he was robbed

[arunadiaman]

"Successful people don't make the right choice. They make their choice right."

[robertjensen]

At age 64, I look back and I can see that life has often been like driving through a large town, without a map, and randomly choosing when I turned left, right, continued straight, or even made a u-turn. And how different it would have been, if I had just made even the tiniest decisions differently along the way.
All of our lives are interconnected in ways we cannot even fathom. The death of just one of us can have domino effects that spread out across the world.
It’s quite a total mind-phq, if you stop and think about it.

[scrubfive]

This is life . No matter the choices we make there are always regrets. For me, I would rather regret missed financial opportunities than regret not spending time with my friends and family while we are all still here and healthy on this earth together.

[ayyubshaffy]

'Karl went on a walk around a city by himself moderately drunk, he walked down the edge of the city along the harbour
- Ah shit, here we go again

[mrcheese]

Can we just talk about how Carl single handedly made Novak's business fail.

[bekejakab]

This video made me feel weirdly comfortable to be living my own life, just thinking about the amazing uniqueness of your life, meaning no one could live it exactly like you, and no one could ever have the exact same experiences..

[elbuhdai]

This is like a much longer, more artistic version of the famous quote by Søren Kierkegaard: "Marry, and you'll regret it. Don't marry, you will also regret it. Marry or don't marry, you'll regret it either way." I love this video.

[Mfundoprince]

Its funny how every decision you’ve made in life led you to my comment

[Freakmenn]

For being only 20 minutes, this video felt like an hour.
Brilliant.

[Yosetime]

This reminds me of something someone said to me when I was a teenager trying to figure out a problem. I don't remember what the problem was. Or who said this to me. But I've never forgotten those words. They were "Wherever you go, there you are". I didn't understand it at first. But as I grew older I realized that no matter what decisions I made, I was still there. Time didn't stop for me. Problems didn't disappear. I was still there. Wherever 'there' was. I still ponder this from time to time. This video just brought that back to me.

[pimpinjc]

In situations like this, it helps to ask yourself “if I make this choice, and it ends up failing, will I still be glad I made it?” If the answer is yes, then you have your decision.

Decision making like this also depends on passion, and a lot of faith. Carl seems to lack that severely in both scenarios that played out, and only has the groundwork for it at the end. His friend offered him an opportunity. Not deciding is also a decision, and him not jumping on it after taking some time to reflect indicates he’s not that passionate about the idea to begin with. Ergo, he’s already made his decision.

Also, Carl is limiting his life into what’s possible and what’s not. Who says that’s the only opportunity for him to move to Australia? There could be a 3rd scenario where he rises high up enough in his company and asks to be transferred to Australia, and his wife is more open to it at that point. And his wife seeing him hang out with his best friend and their kids makes her change her mind and they start their own family. Boom, he gets everything he wanted then.

[grandsuhn]

If you’ve found your way here, i hope you’re doing alright.

[Mrkinghal]

I showed this to my little brother and he thought that the old man was his future self.

[SirRegenerator]

When I was in my senior year, I decided to ask a bunch of people what career would be right for me. I needed guidance. They all gave me answers based on their life and their choices, they claimed I would be a good fit, disregarding my passions and dreams. I realized then that no one could make such a decision for me, despite their advices, I followed a completely different route. I am happy that I did but we need to understand that choosing one option over the other is not the end. I still make many choices and direct my course according to my values. There is never an end point to reach. Set sail and direct your course as the wind blows. Because that’s all one can do.

[wakinginfinity]

What I took away from this: Its more important to be at peace with the choices we make than to toil over which choice was “right.” We'll never get it quite right. We'll never have enough information to make the best choice in every situation. We’re all destined to make bad choices…eventually. We always give up something when we take something else—one is not better than the other; they’re just different. In the end, it seems wisest to free yourself up to make as many different choices as you can, stay flexible, and keep moving.