Mullings and reflections

It's a generally known and accepted fact that childhood shapes who we are today. Experiences, lack or exposure to certain influences cause us to be who..or in some cases-what-we are today.

These external stimuli are/was completely beyond our control, and we are not at fault for being who we are now.

This is clear; this is a fact.

Yet...

There are just so many 'what-ifs'.

And my mind is constantly filled with how things could have been different. Could.