What If

Sometimes I wonder

What if my schooling would have been from someplace else ?
What if it wasn't for the change of branch in second grade that ensured the continued support of the friend that I made then when I probably didn't even understand the true meaning of that six letter word ?
What if in the eventful shuffling of sixth grade I had got separated from that friend who has made sure that all the memories of school that I have only make me smile ?
What if it wasn't for that same shuffling that brought me back with the girl who I remembered as my "first friend" in school ?
What if after the ninth grade shuffling I hadn't found myself amidst completely unknown people, some of who would end up being unimaginable special parts of my life but had found myself with a previously known group of friends ?
What if I hadn't taken up Computers in eleventh grade and met the friend whose mere presence, like I said previously, guarantees four amazing years in college ?

What if I hadn't chosen the college I am currently in ?
What if on the day of the orientation of my college I hadn't gone specifically into the second classroom and sat alongside the person who I can now proudly call my "first college friend" ?
What if I had never laughed along with that girl who was just so busy with her phone the entire time during that day ?
What if the girl who came on the first official day of college had not decided to come and sit next to us but rather beside someone else sitting right in front of the room ?

What if I just hadn't heard the girls behind me shouting my name and hadn't shifted just slightly while walking on the road and thereby prevented myself from getting knocked off by a high speeding bus ?
Yes, so many what ifs. Trust me, I can go on. If you think carefully about where you are and what you're doing right now, I'm sure even you can. You don't really need to know each and every detail of my life to relate to what I have just stated above. I am sure you can easily draw a parallel with your life of almost the same instances.
Its just so funny how some things work out ! Things that seem to be making completely no sense at the present moment might turn out to be the biggest boon of your life!

I have always had my doubts regarding "Fate" or "Destiny", I never really can understand that if it has already been written what is to happen, then whats the significance behind our normal day-to-day lives, the little decisions we make, the chances we take, the cross-roads that we often find ourselves to be at.
I never really understood all this, nor do I think I ever will.

But maybe, just maybe, its like the canvas has been sketched for you, it's upto you how you paint it.
Maybe its been decided you'll end up doing Engineering, it's just in your hands to decide the college you'll end up in.
Maybe it's been written the people you would meet, but upto you to decide how they would influence you in your life.
Maybe the bigger picture has already been created, its just upto you to fill in the details ;)