One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off.

When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.

When you come to the fork in the road, take it

You're not making a decision if you come to a fork in the road. There is no 'it' to take. It's one or the other.

Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other people or make jokes about themselves. I chose myself.

Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.