What's the most moving experience you ever had?

Question

By that I mean, what was the kindest/most thought-provoking/life-changing/eye-opening etc. person or event that changed your life?
And how have you made a (positive) difference in others' lives?

Answer 1

I was driving through a village in southern part of India mainly consisting of poor fishermen.I saw a fully pregnant lady being carried on a push cart a Govt Hospital.They cannot affford good private hospital.I offered a lift to nearby Govt Hospital left as I was on work.Later on when I came back and came to know that the poor lady died for want of good medical attention.I felt very bad ,had I offered some financial help it would have been different.Even now I regret.It was in 2002.This changed me and I am contributing substantial part of income for charitable work.
I have tried to raise resources for a charitable hospital for poor.It required about US 100000.Though I wrote to many rich I could not raise any fund.So I failed to change the life of others.I realised that without huge funds nothing can be done!

Answer 2

The moving experience.. I am going to have is, I am going to dump the person I used to love alot!!! And thought I could not live without.. but when one day u woke up and realize that, ur not important in that person's life.. so ur heart breaks and u move on.

What I learnt is, dont make some one a priority in ur life when ur just an option in their life!
I wil not be a door mat again.. and the difference I will make in other's life is I will not make them my door mat and warn them becoming for others!

Answer 3

Many years ago I was living a rather terrible life, got myself into a great deal of trouble with the law. The day I was sentenced the judge gave me a huge break, partly because I had never been in trouble before, partly because of my war record in Vietnam, maybe he saw something in me? I could have gone to prison for a very long time. This judge gave me a light sentence with supervised parole after I was released from prison. The moment I walked out of the court room on my way to jail I made a commitment to myself that I would never pass this way again. That I would use my life to help others or as my father used to say to me, "whatever you give away is yours forever. I have spent my life in service to others

Answer 4

That moving experience is the last year. Lots of things had happen. First, my grandmother, whom I love very much, almost died, because she was very ill ant then tried to commit suicide. She is one of the people who made me who I am today and she was my moral example. But I found out that tried to abort my mother when she was young, not because she had money problem, but just because she thought that having a single child was already enough. Second, I have lost a good friend and I almost lost another 3 friends. It was hard to save those friendships because of my character.
I changed I lot in the last year, in better I think.

How have I made a positive difference in others' lives? Well... I helped them, I cried with them, I laughed with them... just being there for them like they were for me.

Answer 5

i don't think i can narrow it down to one event in my life. there have been many people and circumstances in life that have led me where i am now. every one of those occasions was life changing because it changed the direction of my life for the better.
along the way, i have tried to help those who are less fortunate. for example, last month i did several community service events to help with hungry people. i believe that life is most rewarding when i use my skills and knowledge to help those who don't have as much as i do.

Answer 6

When I saw the movie Passions of Christ, and the crucifixion, in every movie with Christ. I learned that if I abuse my power and the gifts I have been given I may one day become evil like the people who killed Him. That is when I decided that I would help people and be a better person for the rest of my life and even after that. It is the one memory (and lesson) that I wish to never forget.

Answer 7

seeing my friend give birth to her first child. she was so young and so scared , but strong at the same time. and when kaida "burst " into the world i bawled because thats like so cool, shes all alive and out in the world and stuff. hard to verbalize but soo amazing and moving. its like, look no person.. BAM A Person exists that wasnt there a second ago. shows the power of love !

Answer 8

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 9

the birth of my daughter 13years ago=happiness and so much love. and then the sadness of holding my husband as he passed away 2years ago all of this makes me live for the day! and try to be nice to people have fun and try to do as many things as you can!!!! enjoy life!!

Answer 10

attending the funeral of a close relative - then realising that life really is short and its best to make the most of every day