Fork In The Road
a book in the making by Don Shapiro Ever made a choice by following your inner voice or feelings with surprising results? Share your story, read others' stories and offer comments to help discover more about how our inner wisdom works.What exactly is a fork in the road story?
...and how will sharing your story help?
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Fork In The Road Stories
Selected true stories from those submitted to this website
She disobeys her family so her son can have a father
Her boyfriend walks out on her after she was five months pregnant because of his drug addiction.
After separating from my husband, I met someone and started a new relationship. Our relationship progressed very quickly and I got pregnant after about 5 months. All of it came way too fast and stressed us both out. He slowly became despondent with me and took off more and more. We got into more fights and he would leave for days then come back and apologize. It wasn’t until much later after the baby was born that I learned he had a drug habit and all the stress sent him into a relapse. Three days before Christmas when I was seven months pregnant, he left me. He told …
Fork In The Road Band Takes A Lot Of Forks To Become A Band
Could all of this be a coincidence?
(The following story was submitted by Dan Allen, a member of the Fork In The Road Band in Logan, Iowa. They are a country rock band. www.myspace.com/forkintheroad)
Fork in the Road has both a geographic and ironic meaning to us. The obvious one is that I actually live between the forks of two highways in Logan, Iowa. The locals call it “The Fork.” That’s where our band practices and writes music.
How we came to be a band involves a lot of fateful events, timing and locations. The guys in the band are all from the small town of Logan, Iowa. We went to high school together, played music, sports, and hung out a lot. Ryan Michael (bass player) and myself (Lead Guitar, …
What I've Learned So Far
What do these stories tell us about the way the universe works
Choices
Choices: 4 tips to reduce your risk and improve your outcomes
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How can we know when our choices are a justified risk versus just rolling the dice? We should never just choose to do something because we fear we might regret it later. At the same time, we have to find a way to overcome our natural fears about making risky choices.
Anyone who advances themselves whether moving up the career ladder as an employee or in their own business has to take risk. Anyone who succeeds in raising a family or stays married for a long time has to take risk. Successful people generally make the right choices over 80% of …
We face over 10,000 choices a year…oh my
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How has a tiny choice changed your life?
In a typical day, we make over 200 choices which add up to over 10,000 choices a year. You may have put many of those choices on automatic pilot but they are choices that you could change if you wanted to. And each of those forks in the road has the potential to alter the course of your life.
At first, that might seem like an absurd thing to say. Until you really start thinking about it. Take some of the most basic things you do in the morning. First, you have a choice whether to get up or stay in bed. Now, staying in bed has consequence which is why you normally …
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