nothing is permanent, and if you try to stick to one path it lessens the likelihood of you surprising yourself or finding open doors you didn't even know where there. Cultivate relationships. You will be OK, dear questioner.
In other words: the value of commitment is that you get something tangible in exchange for it. By making a choice, you get something Real. Whereas stewing in your potential and refusing to transform it into something Actual leaves you living more in your head—weighing and considering and thinking about all of the things you could be doing, but not... See more
The opposite of an unfolding is a vision. A vision springs, not from a careful understanding of a context, but from a fantasy: if you could just make it into another context your problems will go away.