A man walks along a road, life, and suddenly there is a fork in the road; man must choose which path to take. One of the routes is a route whose destination he already knows and the other route is a road he has never traveled before. Whatever path he chooses to pursue, he will have to accept the outcome. "We have two choices in life: accept the condition we are placed in or accept the responsibility to change it" (Denis Waitley). In Voltaire's writing "Memnon the Philosopher", Memnon at the beginning of the story chose to be constant and perfect, but when he was deceived by a woman and his uncle, he chose to dwell on his mistakes. The choice he made led to a series of challenges to his own philosophy. Ultimately he could not accept the outcome or responsibility for the change. We as humans are not perfect. This is the condition we are thrown into. While Memon thought he could change the situation, but that ended in his own death. Another example of the choices we make and the responsibility to change them is a story from Greek mythology called “Icarus.” The story tells of Icarus...