Whether you want it to or not, what is destined to happen will happen.
If I hadn't loved singing, if it hadn't been for that moment of impulse, perhaps I would never have met them.
If I hadn't been so naive, if I hadn't been so innocent, perhaps so many tragedies would never have happened.
If I hadn't been so presumptuous, if it hadn't been for that ridiculous excuse, perhaps he and I wouldn't have missed out on happiness.