I like to tell folks, when they think there are only two options, that there is always a third, or even a fourth alternative. Maybe not at a literal crossroads, but in life decisions. Sounds to me as if you mean as the others have said, either way, you will still get to the same end spot.

In the old hare and the tortoise story...they both came to the same place in the end, but I'll bet they didn't follow the same path. I'll bet that hare went jumping all over the place, running circles around the slow and steady tortoise.