path travelled

Life is a journey and having tried to rush from our youth when teenagers, just as quick we wish we could have it back as the deep seat of time settles in our lives.
We try to evade the lessons of life, ducking and diving...but, somehow it always seems the path we may be on, inevitably, would have been the path one would have taken anyway....true or not?
And thus, the responsibility to choose wisely, not only for oneself, for in our choices, we do leave a ripple effect on those around us.
RB