Doesn't have to be a big thing. Could be a little thing. Like what happen to me today I realized one stupid move; just because I wanted to be right. Almost made me realize I could of been hurt, or died. An I realize to appreciate what you got.
2006-09-25 14:37:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yep, when I moved my bed o the other side of my room and now I am ALWAYS waking up on the wrong side. sux huh
2006-09-25 14:39:24 · answer #1 · answered by jered 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have learned quite a lot in my 22 year life. Most significantly I stutter which is not the easiest thing to deal with in the world, a hidden disability in sorts, hard for anyone to understand. Just recently my girlfriend broke up with me, I have come to realize that just because I stutter I am not any less able than the next person. I can talk, and accept myself as me and live life rather then hiding out and missing out on everything. I have learned that you can't buy friends with material goods or entertainment, because I couldn't make many friends with my feeling and fear of stuttering so I invited people to sporting events and such because I needed company. I have realized life is about acceptance in one self, and confidence will lead to better things down the road.
2006-09-25 22:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by Ch2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two of my five sons died from rare illnesses seven years apart. One was 8 months and 2 days old, the other was 11 months old. When the first one died, I had never even been to a funeral before. I really wanted to die with him, but had an eight year old son to love. I had two more sons after that who are fine. The final (and fifth) son I had was the last one to die. You have a hard enough time dealing with the death of one baby and have to alter your life just to get through each day. Then when a second one dies, you change forever. Every time photos are taken of the family, I know that two are missing. Sorry to go on for so long, but it's hard to explain a broken heart.
2006-09-25 22:04:46 · answer #3 · answered by Ms. G. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thing the moment where I felt my life change was when I got a concussion playing hockey. I play a lot of sports, and when I realized that, in that moment, I could possibly die, like actually STOP living, it just changed for me. Everything came into perspective, and I realized that I had to live my life. That's all there is.
2006-09-25 21:42:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 75 years, many times. The most significant changes, I think, were the involuntary ones, the accidentals. They're the ones we learn the most from, because they confront us with something in ourselves of which we were not aware - whereas planned change stems from who we are at the time (even if the results can be unexpected!). In the significant changes we often feel we have lost something, or have died a little. It helps to remember there's a profit in everything, if we take thought to re-define what we can take as a profit. There's nothing like a real awareness of death to make one appreciate life, and get one's priorities right!
2006-09-25 21:48:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dad has terminal cancer. I look at things in a totally different way. Little things that annoy me don't matter. Alot of things dont' matter anymore, they are trivial compared to what my dad is going through and the meaning of life. Life can be gone in an instant. People don't realize that.
2006-09-25 21:41:05 · answer #6 · answered by lazycat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I used to be a very generous person "still am today but very cautiously" when someone was taking advantage that nearly destroyed me. It took me at least a couple of years before I could recover. It was that experience that changed my life for ever.
2006-09-25 21:54:04 · answer #7 · answered by tiger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son almost died when he was 12. he was sick for a few days and my mother babysit him while i worked. she called me at work and said she was taking him to the er because he couldnt walk. when i got there and took him to the dr, his temp was 107. they checked it with three different thermometers to make sure. we then rushed him to the hospital 30 miles away. the first hospital that we went to did nothing for him because we didnt have insurance. the second hospital was great. we were there 16 days with them thinking that he was going to die the first 12. after he got released from the hospital, he had to have a pic line for almost 3 months.
after that, my son changed a lot. he was so scared that he was going to miss out on life that when he got better, he tried everything that he could think of. he told me when he was sick that he missed out on what sex was all about.
he is almost 21 now and believe me, he has tried things that i never dreamed of. he wasnt the sweet innocent little boy that he was before he got sick.
2006-09-25 21:42:56 · answer #8 · answered by lodeemae 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, the two weeks I spent in the Amazon rain forest.
Now I dont just look at the world from the human perspective, but from the broader perspective of all living things.
2006-09-25 21:40:53 · answer #9 · answered by Phil S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, but I did feel my perspective change. It's when I had a paradigm shift from thinking that perhaps my life has no meaning, to being fully aware that it really does have no meaning at all.
That was a sad moment, but at least I could say "I knew it all along".
2006-09-25 21:40:52 · answer #10 · answered by boo! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My life has totally changed since my wife threw me out. (Too complicated to explain all the details.)
Anyway it is difficult but I feel much freer now and generally happier. I saw that I had been getting the short end of the stick for too long and am taking steps to adjust the situation.
2006-09-25 21:39:54 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋