Possibilities.
In existence, there were many beings who spent obscenely long periods of time wondering what could have been. What of this possibility or that possibility? If only things had happened this way instead of that way.
If only I was born rich. If only I was not poor. If only I was talented instead of mediocre. What could have been if I was born a genius with natural gifts?
There were countless what-ifs and what-could-have-beens that plagued the minds of entities across all of reality. But a concerning pattern emerged when one examined these contemplations closely: most of them focused on the past, on things that nobody had control over anymore.
There were many who were born talentless and poor, seemingly cursed by fate to remain at the bottom. And yet after some time and tremendous effort, some of them turned what little they had and transformed themselves completely.
