who has made the greatest impact in your life (other than Jesus or any other deity)?

Question

and why? What did you learn from this person

Answer 1

My Parents, They made me, mirthed me, went through those horriable years when i was a young teenager, and now at 19 i releize all i missed and how much better life would have been if i would have just loved them. My Parents would definatly be it. I love them

Answer 2

My spiritual teacher.
Looking into a mirror is quite an astonishing event. This teacher read my life history back to me. I was not ready for this at the time it occurred. I can honestly say that I would not have wanted to live without having met him. He has since passed away, yet the teaching he imbibed into my heart will be with me always. This teaching has developed within me a longing to help my fellow man, and this was not within me before I encountered this God sent Soul. It is indeed true that, "It is better to give than to receive".

Answer 3

My parents had the greatest impact on my life. I watched them endure some very hard struggles, and watched them as they refused to become victims of their circumstances. They always held fast to each other, and used each tragedy that occurred as an opportunity for personal growth.

They gave me the greatest gift a parent can give a child. They loved one another unconditionally.

Answer 4

My dad of course which I have talked about many times.

I read Corrie Ten Boom, when I am feeling like I can't go on any more. She inspires me, through the work she did in Holland, and her life in the concentration camps. She was a truly amazing woman to study. She walked the testimony, she lived the life, and she loved her neighbor as herself. And she loved the Lord her God, with all her heart mind and strength.


Be blessed in Christ~vicki

Answer 5

My parents, and my Aunt Louise.

I learned from my Aunt the importance of perseverence, family and toughness. I don't think I could have ever been as tough as her - a 23 year old female in 1934, who had her father grandmother and best friend all die the previous year, move to a new city, and go to work to support both her Mom and her ten year old kid sister (my mom). That lady cared, and was tough.

Answer 6

Several of my teachers have had a profound impact on my life . . . in particular, Jan Strever, my Eng. 201 prof., who believed in my writing and eased me from the Nursing Program (what was I *thinking?*) into a Creative Writing/Literary Editing degree, and Lynn Harkrider, a brilliant educational consultant in my certification program who taught me, at 40, that I was actually a visual-spatial learner, despite being a mutantly fast reader. Changed my life.

Answer 7

My mother. She is a shining example of faith in action. Even under the most horrible circumstances she held fast to her faith & God brought her through. First of all, keep in mind she is single & lives alone. She was laid off work for over 2 years & was basically considered unemployable because of her age. In that entire time she continued paying tithes to her church from her unemployment checks & she never had a house payment or car payment late. She says if you tried to put it down on paper how she made it work it just doesn't add up. She was diagnosed with colon cancer & she had surgery to remove the tumor. We all prayed with her in the room before her surgery & you could feel the presence of God fill the room. I knew she was healed but the doc insisted she go through with the surgery. Well, she did & they had to come back & tell her they found NOTHING. CAT scan & biopsy show the tumor but it just wasn't there. She had already been healed by her faith in God & by the prayers of her family & her brothers & sisters in Christ. Never once in all her trials has her faith wavered. Never once has God let her down.

Answer 8

My old boss, Sal.

He's from Brooklyn. Tough as nails but taught me how to relate to, finesse, and influence people. How to negotiate. How to influence people and coerce people into harmony and cooperation. He gave me leadership qualities I couldn't gain elsewhere.

And he treated me like a prince. I never paid for lunch. He got me into the company parties (an open bar booze cruise around Manhattan) when I should not have been invited. He took me out on the town on the regular.

I was loyal to him like a trained seeing eye dog. And he taught me more than anyone outside of my parents.

Sal is one of the few people I would "do anything" for, whatever that actually means.

Answer 9

There are too many to mention all the details...the first few that come to mind are Danel and Linda Bachman, Walt Christensen, Ernest Skipworth...
They taught me the core values of a successful person.

Answer 10

The greatest positive impact in my life has been my Pastor who has helped me to keep going in life when I was ready to give up. He helped me to see my way forwards and he didn't judge me or make me feel insecure.

Answer 11

My husband made the biggest impact on my life and not because I love him but because of who he is. He taught me kindness and believing in people without my even being aware of it...he rubbed off on me...He doesn't have an enemy in the world..When he walks into a room, everyone wants to be around him..you can just feel his sweet spirit..a good man...who helps others without being asked..a good brother..always there to bail out a brother's truck payment or whatever...I know they have no idea,,,they just take him for granted....and to top it off, he has an amazing sense of humor......he's funny....and makes me laugh...

Well, you did ask.........LOL