Alternative Worlds
Konstantin Starodetskii
Imagine that there is another person like you, but slightly different. They think in a similar manner behave in a way that would be familiar to you, but their life path evolved into something drastically distant from where you are in your life.
This difference happened because your alternative self did something that you were afraid of. One little decision like going to an audition or writing the first word of your screenplay made a world of difference between your fearful self and your braver version in the alternative world.
The problem is that you will never get a chance to see that alternative self. Your paths will never cross, and yet both of you will think that this the only way life should be. At every decision point, our life splits in an uncountable number of possible future timelines, or, in other words, alternative lives that every version of “you” inhabit.
A person from that world would feel exactly like you and wouldn’t even think of the possibility of your existence unless he’s a sci-fi nerd like me. But here comes another question, “If you knew for sure that another “you” are successful, would your life change because of that fact?” That is the question that quantum mechanics “wizards” tackle on a daily basis.
While a coin is spinning, you don’t know the outcome, and this is an example of how we unable to know for a fact whether other realities exist or not. What lesson can be learned from all of this philosophical puzzle?
To me, is this, whenever you make any decision, ask yourself: “Is this the best decision I can make, or, perhaps, my alternative self would have the courage to come up with something better?”
Inspire your counterparts from alternative worlds with your courage to make hard, uncomfortable decisions that would shape your reality in the best possible way.
