Over The Past Ten Years?????

Question

In what ways have you changed????

In your own words if you will, Please, no scripture or copy/paste. Thanks.

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Answer 1

The past 10 years of my life have been the most difficult and the best at the same time. I have had to face some painful realities from the past, look at how they influenced my life and heal. I've worked very hard to learn new ways of thinking and relating: I've taken some big risks by opening my heart and being vulnerable; I've learned who I am and who I am not; I've learned to let others take responsibilty for what is theirs; I've learned to live. laugh and love. I used to be a survivor, now I am an overcomer. I'm comfortable and happy in my own skin and that is such a joyous way to live.

Answer 2

I closed down a successful engineering business seven years ago at age 40 in Bombay-a brick and mortar company so to say manufacturing Furnaces and Foundry equipment, materials handling equipment, cranes, robots, moved from there to Bangalore, where I tried to live a retired life. Found it difficult, fell terribly sick and had a life saving surgery after the doctors had given up on me, my heart arrested and I was clinically dead for sometime, revived and while recuperating, in bed, studied financial advise and insurance advise, topped in each exam and started managing peoples portfolios and offering insurance advise.
So my life-on the physical front - I now don't have a gall bladder, part of my pancreas have been chopped off, as has a part of my stomach, and yet that has not stopped me from mountaineering and trekking-these were my hobbies. On the work front, well designing machines and equipment are as far from managing financial portfolios as you can think. More than two years back, I have also started writing for a couple of portals & periodicals, and special columns have been created for me. Quite a radical shift.
And Bangalore has a much more laid back, partying lifestyle than Bombay had- I must have attended more functions and parties in the last 7 years than in the 40 years I spent in Bombay.
So my life has changed a lot, and is getting better and better I feel.
A long answer.
Life's Lovely! Love & Live Life!

Answer 3

I have become less judgmental. I learned that most people know more about themselves than I do about them so I listen and learn rather than offer advice or suggestions.

I learned from observing happy people what habits and behaviors they have that make them happy. I found it fascinating how I may think a problem exists where another person in the same situation perceives no such problem. I really enjoyed tuning into the mindsets of happy people and learning.

I got to know my mother and sister better.

I got married.

And I find it very heartening to read a lot of these answers and see how people in general seem to feel they have changed for the better.

Answer 4

Previously, I regarded Christians merely as an annoyance, and felt sorry for them for being subsumed by willful ignorance and delusion. Recently, though, I have come to fear them, as I learned about the agenda of Dominionists... and the fact that they are succeeding.

Christian 'Dominionists' (Reconstructionalists, Theonomists) have largely usurped the local level political apparatus of the Republican Party, and are engaged in a sub rosa process to politically motivate moderate Christians under the false cover of religious issues such as morality and family values, under cover of front organizations like the Christian Coalition, the American Family Association and the Promise Keepers. The goal is nothing less than the takeover of all elective offices in the USA.

Their doctrine comes from the Bible, starting with the term 'dominion' at Genesis 1:28... “And God said unto them, [Adam and Eve] Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have DOMINION… over every living thing.” They interpret DOMINION as: “... a supremacy in determining and directing the actions of others or in governing politically, socially, or personally.”

Answer 5

From 46 to 56....hmmmm....
I think I've grown more in this period of my life than in any other. My kids have grown up and left for lives of their own, and I've had much more time to spend discovering me.
I've become more confident in myself, I have learned that I am really a pretty wise lady. Still pretty damn cute for my age, and all I've been through, too, LOL!
My faith has always had precedence in my life, but now, more than ever.
I am actually beginning to work on my dream of a writing career. I know I'll never get rich as a writer, but that's OK. It's just something I've always wanted to do.
I just pray that I never lose my abilty to laugh!!

Answer 6

In 10 years what ways have I changed.... wow..... that's going from early teens to early twenties. That's a BIG chunk of development there.

Well, I've gone from being single to being married. I've changed from being childless to being the mother of one very beautiful son. I've faced the very real possibility of death... I'm still not sure exactly how many ways that has changed me but I know it has on several levels. I was living in my parents house up until a couple years ago... and since then I've lived in a couple apartments and now a house.

Um.... I went from being totally oblivious to social politics to being keenly aware and somewhat involved (at least intellectually... I'd like to be involved in more activism but I'm pretty busy... maybe in the NEXT 10 years). I went from apathy concerning gay rights to being a fierce supporter. I discovered that I am bisexual... and I switched from Catholicism to atheism (that was one of the bigger changes).

I learned how to download mp3's, I figured out what "bittorrent" is, and I realized how much I ADORE Wikipedia. I've developed a taste for baked potatoes and only ONE certain kind of pizza sauce.

I've gone from more to less artistic, less to more lazy, and very little to very much interested in television shows that deal with scientific subject matter. My interest in "oldies" music has faded while my interest in "alternative" has increased.

I've found my voice and my confidence. I know what I believe in, I know what I don't, I know how to express my views and I know how to allow others theirs without throwing too much of a fit. I think with more logic and less superstition. I think of ways that the world can change for the better, not ways that it can regress to a more oppressed past or ways it can remain in the unacceptably tainted present.

I'd say it's been an eventful decade!

Answer 7

I am constantly changing and growing. To try to fit all of the last ten years into this space would be an impossibility. Some things are not meant for small spaces.

Answer 8

in the past 10 years i have went from not loving myself .. to loving every aspect about me .. i am a wonderful person
i have found confidence in myself .. whereas previously i doubted my ability and knowledge
i was a timid mouse .. and now i am so comfortable in being who i am
strangely enough though , in loving myself more ... i am not as obsessed with my physical appearance .. i am comfortable in myself that way also .. i am who i am .. like it or not
but
the most important change has been ... in loving myself .. i have learned to love others ... and allowed myself to be loved back
i would not let a man love me fully before ... and i am now happy and secure with a wonderful man who loves me unconditionally

Answer 9

I have learned how to make more money, save more and yes, spend more. I have learned how to get along with others more to be more understanding as a boss and finally where my life is headed and why.

Answer 10

i got taller.

actually its kind of depressing how little i have changed since i was nine. i mean, my interests etc have changed and i've become more spiritual and obviously i know more, but other than that, i have pretty much the same personality then as i have now. i was an outspoken little brat *then*, too.