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After You Have Made a Choice Do You Always Think About What Might Have Been, Or Do You Accept the Reality? - English (Moments)

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After you have made a choice do you always think about what might have been, or do you accept the reality?

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Taking a decision sometime can make or break our future. Having made a choice, I accept the reality. Reconsidering a decision or contemplating over it is not a positive approach towards life. Such thoughts never allow us to be happy with what we have gained from our decision. Therefore, I believe in sticking to my decisions.

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पाठ 1.2: The Road Not Taken (poem) - Thinking about the Poem [पृष्ठ १६]

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पाठ 1.2 The Road Not Taken (poem)
Thinking about the Poem | Q 2.2 | पृष्ठ १६

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