what is the most important thing that happened in your life that changed you as a person?

Question

tell me what make you a better person or just what happened to make you think differntly about the way you did things

Answer 1

My best friend, David, died at the age of 12, he had cystic fibrosis and asthma. He was going in for an operation, lung transplant, and he survived the surgery. All was well and then his body rejected it and he died soon after. It was really hard on me, at that age you really don't real with much death and to have your best friend pass away is quite a shock. It really showed me that life is short and you never know what is around every corner. I learned many lessons from his life, more than from his death. David was always smiling, he knew the prognosis was bad, most people with cystic fibrosis don't make through teenage years. I had this twinkle in his eye, he enjoyed life so much. No matter what your mood was, he just had this ability to make you smile, laugh, giggle, he was the best at that. The biggest thing that David taught me was to enjoy life, every minute, cause the journey we refer to as "life" is a curvy road with many bumps, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy every moment! There will be bad times, and there is no exception to that rule, the thing is how we deal with those down times!

Answer 2

Turning from tending pigs back toward HOME in late 2002, after five bad decades trotting to the wrong side.

I was 57 at the time, and had evaded import and consequences of my crooked walk quite effectively. It had become second nature.

Hard childhood leads to pain and disillusion in teen years which leads to hopelessness and cynicism. Which in turn bring on unproductive behaviour, and for a young person joyless-ness.
Every young'un should be looking to the future with GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

Truly.

In any event, once I had drunk from the bitter cup to the dregs, I was accorded the grace of a rapid harvest of spiritual consequences, but withal, taking on of responsiblity toward GOD, and then happily, conversion to His Perfect Way, full of Life and fun. The turning crisis was scary at the time.

Living with and for Jesus, is the greatest kick in the world. Cannot be understood until it's lived.

The pigs et al above are found in Luke 15:11-3.

Answer 3

I personally think the most important thing that happened in my life was that Jesus found me. I believe that change has bettered me as a person and helped me to be a new creation. I think differently, I act differently and I am point blank different. I thank God that the old was washed away all those years ago! Blessings!

Answer 4

I don't want this to sound horrible but my boyfriend told me I need to stop living life for my mom. My mom is a religious fanatic. I, on the other hand, do not believe in god. When my boyfriend said this he made me realize that I do not need to try to conform to what my mom believes is the life I should live. I realized that I am perfectly happy with my life and there is nothing that I would change. Ever since I have been happier all around.

Answer 5

Accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I'm a good person because I know if I do sin I learn from it and can go directly to him and ask for forgiveness. Then I don't do the sin again. That is how I am different. I am still learning and won't be finished until I see Jesus the day I die.

Answer 6

I met my husband. He made me feel valid, worthy and special. I had been bulimic for 7 years and it just made me embarrassed because I knew that I couldn't hide it from him but just being with him made me want to be a better person - he made me feel good about myself and like I did matter. I also smoked a little and he hated that. I didn't want him to be grossed out so I just stopped smoking. And then came our kids - we have three. That's a life changer that makes you want to be a better person because you know that everything you do shapes them and their personality - so there goes the cursing, bad food and bad habits...all for the better though! And everyday now I wake up and want to be a better person because I want them to be wonderful, sweet, thoughtful, empathetic citizens and stewards of the environment.

Answer 7

it wasn't just one thing, it started with the events that surrounded the death of my father when he was killed, then my brothers very best friend was killed in a freak accident, three months after that my brother was killed two days before christmas working on the job site, at the funeral that was on his best friends birthday, the troll hag that was stalking my brother vowed to somehow have a piece of him, well a couple years later she kidnapped my son and took him a thousand miles away, and because she inherited tons of money, was in a position to have documents manufactured and forged to keep the law away from her, I didn't have the money to prove the truth, then six months of going out of my mind with grief, my live in boyfriend of seven years died of pneumonia, so now I don't trust ANYONE, lost my faith, became paranoid and have post traumatic stress syndrome.

Answer 8

By and far...becoming a parent...i'm making decisions based on what's good for him and others, not so selfish anymore. I'm not so quick to give up on life cause another life is depending on me. Thank God for little miracles.

Answer 9

Graduating high school. It made me realize that with hard work ANYTHING is possible. Now I am pursuing a GREAT career in acting and my goal is to make it to the top.

Answer 10

Having a child changed me. I learned to be less selfish and I learned how precious life is.