Choices in Life
Have you ever looked back on your life and thought of all the choices that you have made, big or small, were the right ones? What about the decisions that may have made life better?
I made a decision in high school that I did not want to take French class anymore. After all when the heck am I ever going to go to a place where French is the number one language. So I'm not going to waste my time with a class I don't need. Fast forward to November 16th, 2003. I am on a plane to Laval, Quebec of all places. Why you ask? A sudden change in careers... another one of those choices... takes me to a company that is family owned and operated from the head office in Laval. I am there for two weeks to be trained for my new position - service technician on industrial air compressors and dryers. So there I am training with some of the service techs from Laval. And do you think they speek much english? Needless to say I'm kicking myself in the ass for not sticking with french. Didnt seem like an important decision then....
What about the choices in friends that you had growing up? Do you wish you were friends certain other people... say "the in crowd"? If you had, where would you be now? A better place? Maybe!!! These guys are popular, maybe have good connections. I had my 10 year high school reunion in 2003. The popular people seemed to be doing pretty well. Could I have been doing that well?
I really think that I made all the right decisions... because if I didnt, I may not be friends with the two people I consider to be the best friends a guy could ask for. Joel Sopp and Mike Gregorash.
These two people play an ironic but extremely import role in the biggest decision in my life to date......
Rewind back to the high school days again. I travel to Moosomin to party with Joel. But I am not alone, I have Mike with me. So through Joel I meet a girl and so does Mike. The girl I start dating is Tania and the girl Mike starts dating is Trina. Now I have known Trina for a couple of years. Wrote letters back and forth. Nothing major. After a few months Tania and I break up and Mike and Trina break up. We all go our ways but all the while I still keep in touch with Joel. It is now fall of 2000. I am talking to Joel on the phone one day and he asks me " Do you remember Trina from moosomin?". "Yes I do". Well it turned out that she was moving to Regina and needed a hand. I got her number from Joel and called her to find out the particulars. End of November, the 24th I think, I help her move in. October 12, 2002 I marry her.
If you had changed any decisions in your life would you be as happy as you are now. It is amazing how the smallest decision could make the biggest impact on your life.
CHOOSE WISELY
until the next "figment of my imagination"
I made a decision in high school that I did not want to take French class anymore. After all when the heck am I ever going to go to a place where French is the number one language. So I'm not going to waste my time with a class I don't need. Fast forward to November 16th, 2003. I am on a plane to Laval, Quebec of all places. Why you ask? A sudden change in careers... another one of those choices... takes me to a company that is family owned and operated from the head office in Laval. I am there for two weeks to be trained for my new position - service technician on industrial air compressors and dryers. So there I am training with some of the service techs from Laval. And do you think they speek much english? Needless to say I'm kicking myself in the ass for not sticking with french. Didnt seem like an important decision then....
What about the choices in friends that you had growing up? Do you wish you were friends certain other people... say "the in crowd"? If you had, where would you be now? A better place? Maybe!!! These guys are popular, maybe have good connections. I had my 10 year high school reunion in 2003. The popular people seemed to be doing pretty well. Could I have been doing that well?
I really think that I made all the right decisions... because if I didnt, I may not be friends with the two people I consider to be the best friends a guy could ask for. Joel Sopp and Mike Gregorash.
These two people play an ironic but extremely import role in the biggest decision in my life to date......
Rewind back to the high school days again. I travel to Moosomin to party with Joel. But I am not alone, I have Mike with me. So through Joel I meet a girl and so does Mike. The girl I start dating is Tania and the girl Mike starts dating is Trina. Now I have known Trina for a couple of years. Wrote letters back and forth. Nothing major. After a few months Tania and I break up and Mike and Trina break up. We all go our ways but all the while I still keep in touch with Joel. It is now fall of 2000. I am talking to Joel on the phone one day and he asks me " Do you remember Trina from moosomin?". "Yes I do". Well it turned out that she was moving to Regina and needed a hand. I got her number from Joel and called her to find out the particulars. End of November, the 24th I think, I help her move in. October 12, 2002 I marry her.
If you had changed any decisions in your life would you be as happy as you are now. It is amazing how the smallest decision could make the biggest impact on your life.
CHOOSE WISELY
until the next "figment of my imagination"
posted by Trevor Martel at 3:18 PM
1 Comments:
Wiser words have not been spoken...
Your choices totally dictate what, where, and when we will be in life.
I agree with Trevor, that my choice to be friends with Trevor since Kindergarten...26 years ago.
I appreciate Friends like Trevor, and would never, ever lose touch...
I love you Dude!
Until Next Time I Remain,
Joel Sopp
http://discoveringatlantis.blogspot.com/
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