What happened to you in your teenage years that helped make you into who you are today?

Answer 1

I had seizures. It was a bigtime awful experience that started when I was 14 years old and it had a very deep impact on who I am today. It was very traumatic and scary. FYI: I am much older now and don't have seizures but it has been a long haul.

Answer 2

I think it was having the good fortunate to go to high school with Japanese and Mexicans kids. We were good friends; and I discovered, through them, that I didn't seem to have inherited the ignorance of bigotry and racism.

I went on to become very close to people of all cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, races and religions. I feel blessed. My natural leanings lead me to the Baha'i Faith. I first heard of it when I was 21 in Fairbanks, Alaska. It kind of followed me back to California, and about every two years would show up in my life; until, at the age of 29, I stopped, took a good look at it, then investigated it so that I could move on from it, then succumbed to beauty of the solutions I felt it had for the problems of poverty, racism and war in the world..

I became a Baha'i in 1968, and what a ride it's been. I write to you now from China; and may be on my way to Africa.

Baha'u'llah, Prophet-Founder of the Baha'i Faith teaches that the earth is, but, one country, and mankind its citizens; that there is only one race--the human race; and that there is only one religion--the religion of God which has been progressively revealed down through the ages through Noah, Abraham, Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, The Bab (pronounced "Bob") and Baha'u'llah, and will continue to be progressively revealed on into the future.

Answer 3

I fell in love at the age of 14. I was naive, I let people walk all over me, I let a lot of things that should have been important to me go out the window and take a back seat to "the love of my life". I was crazy in puppy love. I lost friends over him, lost a lot of my social life because I let the world revolve around him. He cheated on me and hurt me. At the age of 18, I let him go. I moved on, and decided I had to grow up. Which I'm still doing. But I realized what is important to me now and that the right guy for me, I won't have to chose between my friends or him, my school work or him, my health or him. He will be there with me. I've sense found out what real love is. I am very cautious, mistrusting at first, extremely observant, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I found myself and who I am. We are still friends but thats all we will ever be. He definetly had an impact on who I am today.

Answer 4

I always wanted to be nice to everyone I met, always wanted to try get to know everyone I met. But then I realized there're so many people I meet everyday, and eventually I found it's almost impossible.. also it has to be somehting "mutual" then I realized that I'd rather "concentrate" on showing my kindness to people who deserve it, so now I have a few close friends whom I treasure soooo much (it does not mean I have to be rude to others then, but not in the same way).. also, people kept leaving from me during all these years, I really learn to cherish everything that I have. And to be thankful for the love that I have.

Answer 5

i lost my father in my teenage and it seemed that i lost the shed of a tree. i faced the reality very hard. I came to know the definition of friends and relatives and learnt a lot about lives. This is my knowledge in my teenage, which I also bear in my heart and mind.

Answer 6

I was convicted of a felony by 15, and was determined not to be a loser after that, I graduated high school with a 3.8 gpa (which was damn good considering what i had before) and went to college.

Answer 7

I had no friends and was abused by my boyfriend for 4 years... good times.
It made me care more about the feelings of others and eventually made me stronger. The trouble is that old habits die hard.

Answer 8

I meet my now hubby. I also at the age of 18 vol in a rescue squad

Answer 9

Seeing a lot, I mean a lot of my friends die during the crack/gang era when it was in full force.

I think I enjoy life everyday and am thankful to be here and doing well.

Answer 10

I WATCHED TWO DIFFERENT TWENTY YEAR OLD MARRIAGES FALL APART AND THE TWO WOMEN, ONE BEING MY MOM, HAD NOTHING. I VOWED TO NEVER BE THAT DEPENDENT ON A MAN, I WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MYSELF. IF MY MARRIAGE FELL APART I WOULD NOT NEED ANYTHING FROM HIM, I COULD JUST SIT AND CRY UNDERNEATH MY OWN ROOF.