What was a turning point in your life? something that changed you forever?

Question

for me, as gloomy as it is, i'd have to say it was when i realized mortality. i was five and my dog got hit by a car and she had to be put down. mom brought her home to bury her in the back yard and i realized while i looked at her, not moving, "this is what happens to us all. this is what will happen to me."

it didn't make me gloomy really, it just made me wanna live more so that my life wouldn't be a waste.

anyway, enough about me, how about you?

Answer 1

Getting a divorce.  From that day on I understood that saying that goes "If you love something let it go, if it comes back to you it is yours, if it doesn't it was never yours to begin with"  (or something to that effect)

Answer 2

Realizing that by standing for what I belived in; left me banished by family. That's why everyone looks around and checks out what everyone else is doing and does likewise, fear of abandonment, no unconditional love--even though these same persons will pray for compassion and understanding when they are in need they have none for others. Forgiveness is dead in most. And then they exile the ones that will forgive. It's pretty gloomy thinking of that, I will focus on love and the greater joy of that.

Answer 3

...alcohol and cocaine rehab...moving on in LIFE to enjoy it all in the moment...thanks for asking...

Answer 4

Getting baptized in the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues). It's said to be the language of Heaven. I was on a religious camp when it happened. It was one of the best days of my life!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Every moment is a turning point. Mortality came to me around five as well. It frightened the h**l out of me, still does at times.

Edit: Sorry if that sounded negative. I just don't want to look to any one moment as a turning point. It is my hope to have a broader sense of things in the next moment than I did in the previous.

Answer 7

I would say my life changed the first time my stepfather abused me. From then on I've trusted no one. Not looking for attention but you asked.

Answer 8

The turning point for me, in my life, was when I woke up ( figuratively ) and decided life was too short to live in a state of constant negativity.   There were several steps I took, and it did not happen overnight. I had to constantly work at it, but NOW, I am completely positive and with clearing out the bad, I discovered my true happiness that has been buried underneath all that negativity.  I have a new great attitude, and love to live each day to the fullest.  I am more motivated, and know that this is a much better place to be.  

I just wish I could help other people get to this place, but it is not for me to decide. Each person has to make the conscious effort to get here on their own.  I am just here to tell them how wonderful it is on this side!

Thanks for reading!

Answer 9

That does sound gloomy!

I learned a lot when I became paralyzed seven years ago. I have mostly recovered (learning to walk again was a b*tch), but it really makes you realize how strong you can be in the face of adversity.

Answer 10

When I was seven , and my grandmother died. I cried NON STOP

realizing that I would just have to move on, remember the good times,

and live MY LIFE to the fullest, hoping she'd be proud of me if she were

still here ; thats the first real life changer .

The second would have to be getting over my first real love and

realizing there will ALWAYS be other fishies in the sea ♥

Even though everything is it's own little life changer, those were my major two so far .

Answer 11

For me it was the day I realized I had a drug problem. I was facing homelessness, and the only way I could get help was if I quit drugs. I checked myself into the psych ward, and ten days later I moved into a men's recovery home. It's now six years later and I'm a year away from my associate degree. I also sit on the board of directors that runs that same recovery home. Quite the turning point I'd say.