What event has completely changed the course of your life?

Question

I am having an awful time in life.Someone said to me " Just hold on.Your life can change drasticaly at any moment." Well...that scared me...cause that could be good or bad! All of my luck has been bad.I'm dreading the future.I'm 28 years old.I have almost given up on my life

Answer 1

My divorce from the father of my children.
I filed for a divorce thru a public agency attorney in 1989 after my ex husband had an affair.
I had an 11 mo old and a 3 yr old. I had .96 cents in my pocket and he cleaned out our checking and had all the mail forewarded, so he got the tax refund of about $300 that winter. He didnt send me a dime for our kids and tried to steal our stuff left.
He cut my water lines, and in March, the utility company shut off our gas, so we lived with a kerosun heater in 1 room of our house and drove to my parents house to shower every day. I used a 5 gallon bucket and flushed to toilet stool.
We about froze to death. The gas company would not turn our gas back on until I had the furnace fixed. They said it was broken. I was a broken woman and had no where to turn. My mother was diagnosed with Picks disease at 55 and I had no one to turn to.
I applied to the welfare office and got food stamps and a monthly check. I asked them to send me to college and they agreed to pay my books and tuition.
I graduated from college with an AAS in nursing and survived.
I make $75K a year now and we made it. My mother died in 1993 and my dad died just last year.
My ex says he doesnt owe me anything because I make more money than he does.
Hate does not begin to express what I feel for him. I will never forgive him or forget what he did to me and our kids.
Our son has not spoken to him in 4 or 5 yrs.
I could tell you things that would make you cringe.
Hold on. You will be allright. Never give up. Sometimes you have to hit bottom to get back up.

Answer 2

My daughter has completing changed my life and my husbands. We used to be party people. I could put down a fifth of vodka in a sitting and you wouldnt even had known. I had to have a drink when I woke up in the morning and my future was very dark and bleak! When I found out I was pregnant it was almost as if a light bulb went on. Every since then I have devoted my life to my family. I am not a religious person at all but I do believe in myself and my family. You and only you change the path of your life. You have to decide to make the change and roll with it. There are so many different things I could have done but I chose to grow up, be responsible and change my life. I hope the best for you. There is a light at the end of the tunnel you just have to want it and want to change! 28 is too young to give up! Hang in there buddy.

Answer 3

The Event that completely changed the course of my Life, was on May 13th. 2004, when they killed my grandson, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. I am not going to go into details because it still hurts after it happened. My whole Family ,including my Husband and I, are more cautious, about our surroundings,and do not trust anyone we do not know. Word of advice, to you, you say you are 28 years old, and you have almost given up on Life, I do not know what happened to you or the circumstances to make you feel this way, but you have your whole Life ahead of you, whatever happened to you, do not think worse things are going to happened again. you need to think positive not negative, and I am sure that very soon you will be able to see a silver lining in your horizon. The Lord God does not give us too much weight we cannot handle, I am sure of that. I have passed through a lot in my Life, but instead of fearing what the future will hold for me I have always told God "with you by my side there is nothing I fear, because you are with me. Don't give up on yourself, I am sure you will be able to enjoy Life just hold on a little bit more, and you will see this happening to you, in the Future. I care.

Answer 4

Dear Sunrise.

I think I was you once. I let depression and despair run my life for a time. I took the excursion to madness and even suicide. I spent a period of time in and out of psychiatric hospitals.

My last experience with despair found me waking in the intensive care unit of a local hospital after a suicide attempt. What I took should have killed me, but instead I was found walking down the middle of a very busy avenue in a completely incoherent state.

This failure resulted in a decision to change my life. It took a while. I had to learn that if I expected bad luck, I would create bad luck. If I expected good luck, I would experience that.

Perceptions are important. What we see in our mind is the model for what we make in our lives.

I'm not sure, but I think it was Maya Angelou who said "If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, you're right." I've found this to be powerfully true.

Answer 5

I'm 48 years young but I feel like a 30 year old. You need religion, that personal and harmonious relationship with God. A good prayer life can bring about positive life-changing results. Learn how to really pray effectively. For starters try visiting the site listed below.

Answer 6

i did a study abroad to Kenya this summer, and that totally changed my life. i mean, i knew my trip would be awesome, but i had no idea how it would touch my life in so many ways. it made me see the beauty of nature and helped me understand how good we have it in the u.s.--in a way that you can't experience watching it on tv or reading about it. it helped me see the strength in people - Kenyans have nothing, but they are so happy. this trip renewed my faith in God -- because no human could possibly have created something as beautiful as Kenya is.
since i've been back, i've been getting involved with an organization that is raising enough money to send 3 Kenyan girls to secondary school, and i really feel like i'm making a difference in someone's life who i don't even know. it's a really great feeling.

Answer 7

Do not give up hope.

What event changed my life? Well at the age of 20 i had things pretty good. Had what i thought was a great girlfriend, a good job and good prospects ahead. I went hiking/skiing one day and ended up having a pretty bad accident. Where i was unable to work for a little over a year. I broke my Heel bone into 7 pieces, shattered my ankle, broke 3 ribs, fractured my cheek, Smashed/broke my nose, had one of my nostrils torn almost completely off, broke out 4 teeth, mashed my lips, and from the breakage of my Heel and Ankle had my Tendon come loose. Had to have reconstructive surgeries. I was in the most severe pain i had ever felt in my life for months and the recovery was difficult. I would literally wake up out of sleep from the pain and just cry. I would pray and beg to the Christian God to help me. I lost my Car because i was unable to work. I lost my girlfriend whom i loved very much. I lost my belief in God completely. I ended up hooked on the Oxycontins that i was prescribed after surgery. I fell into a pretty deep depression because of all the things that had happened to me. I was living alone at this time barely paying bills with unemployment which i had to lie to get. I came close to just eating a whole bottle of my pills just to end it. I was so lonely at this time. I found out who my true friends were. They were very few. I was feeling very sorry for myself. This period of my life made me learn a lot of things. First off that everything i was experiencing was my own fault. I caused the accident which i had. I am fairly sure i caused the loss of my girlfriend. I learned that even though you may be in severe pain or feel completely despondent that things can and do get better. Life is much better now for me. I just found out what has been causing headaches and dizziness for years now. The same accident that put me out of comission for over a year also lodged a piece of Bone in my sinuses that was missed by the MRI i had at the ER. There were more serious issues at the time so i understand why it was missed. So now i need another surgery to get that out and i should be feeling so much better than i have for years. I am looking forward to it. I can walk fine now, i can even ski again. Just not as well as before. I am very very lucky. If i had hit the Trees that i hit Head first i would be dead now. I can look back on this all now and feel very lucky. I am sort of in a way glad that it all happened to me as well. It has made me a much stronger person. I am now a Boss at my new Job and doing well. I learned a lot about myself from this. I guess the point of this is that things may look very bleak. Things may stay bleak for a long time. But, if you persist things will get better. Adversity either makes you stronger or it breaks you. I came very close to breaking but in the end i came out a much stronger person. You can too.

Answer 8

Hang in there You tend to get tougher with age.. I lost my father at 38 It was the worst thing I have had to deal with, went into depression and all. You need to put yourself around positive people . You have to have ONE good friend.. you can tell anything to.. I am going through the same thing right now . I dont even want a girlfriend til I get myself right again..just be tough!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

What changed my live was when I became born again. There are still not-so-good days, but I have help "now" to get me through.There are a lot of beautiful days too. Tomorrow is a brand new day and yesterday was a thousand years ago.

Answer 10

The saving work of Jesus Christ, God in flesh. After I realized what He went through, what I go through is nothing. The hard times is where we are built up and made stronger. Just like gold. You melt it down, skim it, and it is more pure than before. We are no different.