Is there a significant moment in your life.......?

Question

that was a major turning point for you? One where you never looked at life the same way again, after that moment? What was it?

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Answer 1

I'm glad you asked this, as I'd never really thought about it as a turning point. There was such a moment. After my husband's long denial of his terminal illness, he evolved into a state that is common; fear. At about 3a I was demanding to get in touch with his oncologist to order a higher dosage of morphine. He was only semi-comatose, but thrashing about & fighting so very hard to live. It was just a matter of time. I stroked his forehead, his hair lying all over the pillow from chemo--& ever so gently suggested that he "let go." I remember telling him he was going to a much more beautiful place, where he would have the serenity to compose his music & paint. What I stressed, was to let go. He relaxed, & he smiled. (His eyes were closed.) I learned two things: By gently urging him to let go, I was also letting him go. Some people who had visited him when he was allowed visitors, kept urging him to "keep up the fight" & that it was totally up to him; that if he had the will to survive, he could. How much they would miss him--in other words, placing an additional burden. He died 15 minutes later, peacefully. "Letting go" has many more applications in life. I've been doing this ever since, without realizing it. Let go of the fight that can never be won; let go of the friend who has proven they are not a friend; let go of the adversities that plague you even while you're not actively coping with them for lack of time. Let go when nothing else makes any sense.

Answer 2

Hi guys,

I'm 18 years old and I spent the last 3 years playing card games with "friends". The trouble was that those games were for money. I start playing on little ($10 a game) and every time I won I multiplied the amount. I didn't see the damage and before I noticed I lost all my money. I'm ashamed to say but I gamble also on my parents' money (they didn't know about it of course). I was so deep in this but I just couldn't get out. There weren't any friends left. No one wanted to be around me. I didn't have time to sleep, I drop out from school. My life were one big disaster!

The changeover came a year ago when I was surfing the web trying to find a poker room to play in. I entered a site called 777.com by chance and somehow, I don't remember why actually, I reached an article called "Seven Warning Signs of a Gambling Addiction". Only after I read it I realize everything. I was a gambler.

Now I rehabilitated. I returned to school, I work and earn money and I even have a girlfriend. I'll never return to this situation again! I truly recommend each one of you, the readers, to read this article http://www.777.com/articles/seven-warning-signs-of-a-gambling-addiction . It sure saved me! I believe it will change your way of thinking about some issues.

Yours,
David

Answer 3

Yes, I've had alot of major turning points.....in relationships and being a mom. Even now I'm turning over a new leave and am quitting my job(because it's very emotionally and mentally stressful) and moving to another town. As with every turning point I can never look at things the same way,because I'm getting myself out of a situation I can't be in any longer. I learn and grow from it...get my self esteem and independence and even my sanuty back!!!

Answer 4

Two major ones.
First when I was involved in an intimate relationship with my best friends wife. She later ditched me and went about her merry way. The end result was devastation for not only me but everyone who was involved.

The second one was ten years later when I was on a spiritual quest for absolute truth. After an endless search through tons of spiritual "insert belief here" I was in the back yard having a cigarette during Christmas break from work thinking how cool it would be to finally find absolute truth as a Christmas present. I heard a voice in my head that was not mine. It was very clear. It said. "Merry Christmas Lance". That's all it took. I knew exactly who it was and what it meant. I have been a Christian ever sense.

Answer 5

Yes there is... the most significant moment in my life is when i got married. It really turned my life 180 degrees! Having a married life is the turning point of every individual as far as i am concerned. You have to face the world with total responsibility. The fact that i entered in joining the life of another person is very much a challenged. You will not only be confined to yourself as an individual but you are united as one with your wife. A total maneuvering of direction in life. You have to consider having a family of yours. You will be part of the smallest unit of the community. A responsible family to be looked by your community. The biggest role is now in my crown as the head of the family. Indeed my life was really put into challenge when my first baby daughter was born. Many responsible things are set upon you like the preparation for the hospitalization, the baptismal of your baby, the doctor's monthly check-up not to mention the regular check-up of my wife during her maternity. Looking up for the first birthday of my child. Then comes the schooling of my little daughter when she reached two and half years old as a toddler. Everyday you have to bring her to school and etc. These things are good enough to declare and substantiate the turning point of my life.

Answer 6

There was a very signifigant moment. It was the moment I was 5 and my mother had just gotten a new boyfriend. He started hitting me and my mother did not say 1 word. I lost all respect for her that day. I never really had a true mother from that day on because the abuse continued for 5 years and even got worse. I may have only been 5 but I realized that I couldn't trust my own mother when before I thought I could.

Answer 7

The instant my Mom passed away. I was at work. But I heard her voice in my head saying she was sorry to leave but she had to and she loved me. I got home a couple of hours later and my Sister called to tell me Mom had passed. ... I remember on the drive 'home' (to where I grew up), my husband was driving and I was looking out the window and I thought, "All these people are going about their business. The most important person in the world has died and they don't even know it." ... Then it hit me that so many of the petty things that happen every day that we get worked up over simply don't matter. Living a decent life. Being content, honest and happy. Those are the things that matter.

Answer 8

One of my favorite significant moments in my life was not too long ago. For years, I had been questioning the foundation and credibility of existence and reality. Then, just recently, I had a break-through, and at long last solved the questions that had for so long tormented me, and I developed faith in higher powers that were beyond the concepts that had puzzled me. This new-found faith has ceased my struggle, given me new morals to follow, and allowed me to view the World in a new, more meaningful way. In summary, finding faith was my significant moment.

Answer 9

The turning point in my life was when I started back to school to complete my college education. I have been different ever since then. I love the challenge of learning new material.. I have always loved to read. The courses i have taken are difficult but I study, learn and get good grades.
I do not give up; I just keep on trying.

Answer 10

I came home from my daily routine and my wife and kids were gone. I didn't know where they were for nearly two weeks. After this she contacted me and said if I would get help and stop drinking they would return. Knowing that I was the cause of panic and fear to the point of my family living in a shelter for this length of time shook me to the core of who I really was. I was an ugly miserable existence of a man bound to drink and couldn't stop. After months of help and an awesome family standing by me, I was able to stop drinking and regain some dignity. I never knew how bad a person I was or most of the terrible things I had done to make my family live in fear until I was sober for some time and was told of my insane anger spells.
This was the turning point for me. I couldn't quit the liquor, it was my master. So I cried out to God and found others to cry out to God with me until now. Here I sit able to tell this story to someone I hope will see it and know it is never too late for them to turn things around. MY turning point came about because someone loved me enough to never give up on me.
My awesome wife and children. I share this story for someone I love.....You, who are reading it. Thank God for His mercy.