What If?

If I asked you to complete the sentence ‘what if?’ what would be the first thing that came to your mind? Would it be, “What if I could fly?” or “What if I could have powers?” I think it’s a little more complex than that.

It’s funny how two little words can make you think to such a depth, some people do not think too much of it but some think as deep as the ocean or maybe even deeper? If I had to complete this sentence I would put in a lot of different things but the sentence that most sticks out to me is “What if life was different, what if we were different?” before I go into that I asked a few of my friends how they would complete this sentence, I wanted to see these words from another angle. Here are some of the responses:

· “What if everything was correct in the world.”

· “What if there wasn’t something like religion.”

· “What if life hadn’t turned out the way you expected?”

· “What if we didn’t have the courage to attempt things?”

· “What if we didn’t reflect on the negativity all the time, and just embraced the positive aspect of our life?”

It’s funny how everyone has such a different take on the same thing. What if life was different? What if we didn’t have to study, give an exam, forget everything we wrote and do it all over again so we could get into a good college. What if we decided to switch up our lives, instead of school, college, job what if we just traveled the world and tried different things. What if life was constantly an adventure and the only time this adventure would come to a stop was when it was our time to leave this world.

Now to touch upon my understanding of this topic, what if life was different. Like what is we didn’t need to adhere to the rules completely, like what if our entire future did not depend on how well we did as a teenager, some people are not passionate about studies, they don’t want to spend their life something that they will never use. Not everyone wants to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. There are millions of different jobs out there, your mind can’t even fathom the types of jobs that some people had. Not every job requires you to have a million degrees and PhDs. For example, some of the jobs out there are being a bed tester or taking care of a private island. All I’m saying is what if our whole life wasn’t this routine, what if people did not have so many expectations. Maybe we could see life from a different perspective, live the day as it is, explore. You know there are people out there like that.

In conclusion, I wish our life was a little bit different, and we were open to seeing things from a new perspective?

Thanks for reading

Xx Mahika