"What if?" is a question that I have been asking myself a lot lately. At this time of graduating from high school, I have been thinking about what would be different now if i had done things differently years and months ago. My life could be significantly different, or exactly the same. At any given point in time there are infinite possibilities yet to come dependant on how I or someone else reacts. This is not necessarily a good or a bad thing. An example is World War II. If Hitler had never come to power, or never been born six million Jews could have lived. Or someone else could have taken power and done the same thing. Or killed off a different group of people. There are also long term results. If six million Jews would have lived, how many descendants would they have today? How would this effect hunger and the economy not only in Germany, but also on a worldwide scale? (Don't think about it too much, it can give you a headache.) As you can see, the possibilities are truly endless and it intrigues me to see how many different ways things could be different and many ways that the present as we know it could be effected. I particularly like to think on a smaller scale, how different people and events effect my own life over both the long and short term. By doing this you can see how each individual that you come in contact with plays a role in influencing the rest of your life. This leads me to ask the question, "Why?" Why is this person with me, what is their significance to my life? I do not always know the answers to these questions. I find comfort not in knowing the answers, but thinking about the question and realizing how amazing that interaction between individuals is.