"...You can't do that. I can't do that. It's too much livin' too many lives. Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes, it'll on'y be one. If I go ahead on all of 'em, it's too much. You got to live ahead 'cause you're so young, but it's jus' the road goin' by for me..." (124).
Before Ma says this, Al questions her if she thinks California will not be as nice as they think it will be. This quote impacted me because it seems it like a small life lesson coming from a person that has had life experiences and that is wise when it comes to questioning the future. She understands that because Al is young, he questions the outcome of the trip. Being wise, she explains to him that they should be thinking about this moment, not the future. The life that you are living now is more important than the life that you might be living. I think Ma is one the main people that have kept the family stable because of this. For example, she has always kept the family together and when Tom and Al had plans of staying behind and fixing the car she refused. She does not want bad to happen, so she keeps the family together.
I believe what Ma said has truly given me a lesson on life. I think so much about the future and whether my life will be failure or successful, when I really should be worrying about what is going on with my life right now. With progress, the outcome of what I am doing right now will come later on. There are so many possibilities that are able to happen, but those depend on what I am doing at the moment. It will all come to place in the end.
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