How did that happen?

I find it rather peculiar that one event can end up changing a life so drastically. Not a decision, an event. An event that you had no control over or any decision making options. An event that was unexpected but wasn't life altering at the moment. I'm not talking about a drastic event such as witnessing the murder of someone or the senseless brutality of others. I'm talking about small things that were never expected to happen. That weren't ever considered as being "life changing". However, five years later, you look back and see that almost everything that has happened to you since then, good or bad, stems from this event.
You might wish that it had never happened. What's the point of that? Wishing that something different happened in your life is quite useless. And would you really want that? Who's to say that your life would be much better without that happening to you? So, the here and now, that's what we have. That's what we should think about and deal with.
Live and learn. That's what my mom always said. Sometimes it's tough knowing which one is harder to do.