Here I sit in the shadows of my living room, wondering about my dreams and what choices I am going to make. I start to look back at the past, and to the future, like the proverbial fork in the road. When I look into the past I see all the family and friends that I have shared life and personal interests, with countless memories of time spent together. With all the places I have traveled to with only the clarity that your memories can give you. When I look around the present I see all the signs of familiarity, of all the places I know with every ounce of my being. I see all the people that make up my life right now, and the comfort zone that life has built around me. I can see where my life will go, and I know that I can be happy and safe here. When I look into the future I am presented with the unknown. All the people I will meet and all the possibilities of new friendships. All the new places I will visit that I have never seen before and all the possibilities of dreams that still lay on the horizon. I feel most alive when I look down this path, but there is also fear and doubt of the unknown. Now the shadows have moved across the living room, the choice is at hand, do I stay where my comfort zone lies or do I step into the unknown. My hand reaches out for the door.