There’s this truism that gets batted about, that our lives are a culmination of the choices we make. It can be comforting to those whose lives are secure, happy, and prosperous. They can believe that they made the right choices, that they are good at making choices.
What we get to choose, though, is pretty small bore. The big things are beyond our contr…
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