another point of inflection

i suppose there are times when i must choose something just because i've got to be headed in a particular direction. however, can i expect to always see the important moments while they're happening? the larger changes i've experienced in the past couple years have probably meant a lot both when they approached and when they passed. i expect, however, that at some point i'll realize i've gotten into one situation or another and actually have to retrace things back to some mythical inflection point when it all began to come about. what will be more important? those moments perceived as most crucial, or those subtler changes that might end up moving everything to a new position. maybe nothing is determined by one particular moment. what if it's always possible to step back or to the side, so that no one decision has the power to send me forever in one direction or another.