Did you have an "ah-ha" moment and what was it that REALLY changed something in your life??
467832
Yeah, been angry about stuff for a long time. I try not to take too much notice of yanks, but the other day, Dr Phil and Robin said to some divorcing women " Stop whining and being angry at the world." I'm not divorcing but the message was the same. Im saving my energy for a more postive focus and moving forward now. It was just what i needed to hear.
1061190
the loft of grandma's house. \ni was 6yr,just came back to the house wringingly,it was storming,lighting outside,then i hide(really dont remember why)up in the loft,i could see throught the window,at the moment i felt so safe and released, i even started singing at the window which was the part i remember very clearly... \na little weird,uh?
695386
Yes, several times.  Once in particular comes to mind vividly.  I was walking down the corridor in the hospital where I work & I saw this young woman sitting on the cold concrete floor & crying.  \n\nShe wasn't outside a patient room but an administrative office so I wasn't sure what to make of the situation.  In any case, I stopped what I was doing & knelt down next to her.  She flung herself into my arms and just cried harder & so I let her & tried to offer comfort.\n\nCome to find out that she'd just lost her mother upstairs & I've never been more glad, or grateful, to have halted myself and try to help.
854737
Aparently something because this happened to me.\n\nSeveral years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away. \n\nWhile 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.\n\nThree 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. \n\nI 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.\nDuring 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. \n\nI 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.\n\n I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings. \n\nYour brother don
332402
The person that affected me the most was my cousin. He had tumors since he was 5. Not once did he complain about chemo or any other thing he was going through.  He would care mor ebaout my problems before his, even when his tumors came back.\nEven until the point when he passed away a few weeks ago at age 20, he was still very courageous.\nThis courage and lack of self pity, not to mention selflessness really taught me all these and made me a better person. I know I'll neevr be anywhere close to the level of courage and strength he had, but the time he was alive, he not only gave me a reminder in my times of weakness, but strengthened my already strong love of religion and family.
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It was something simple, as the best things always are.   I was checking out at a grocery store, and one checker had just turned her light out to go to lunch, and saw me with just a couple of items, and waved me over, and reopened her register.\n I don't know the lady, she just did one of those random acts of kindness and I thought, my gosh , she has been on her feet for hours,  no manager told her to reopen,  she was just a kind spirited person.  Those are the moments you have to stop and smile and cherish when they come your way.\nGreat question, by the way.  It makes me think, at the end of everyday I should think and find what happened to inspire my faith in mankind.!
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I think the power of prayer is tremendous!\nI myself had a very similar experience!\n18 years ago May 9,1988 at 1:32 pm I had been doing laundry and my three yr old daughter kept insisting I stop what I was doing and make her lunch.Finally I said ok.I made her a sandwich and a cup of juice.I had them in my hand and I heard the most ungodly sound coming from the living room.My newborn son was in there in his baby basket.I step around into the entry and I saw him,his face was a bluish redish black .his eyes were starring upward and white foam was coming out of his mouth.I knew it was crib death and did not know what to do.within seconds I was screaming and begging God not to take my baby from me. before he was born,my dad had bought several items for the baby.this included a set with comb brush etc and there was an ear syringe in it.It was as though I was standing in a corner watching all this take place.I had Ben in my arms running to the bedroom and I saw myself get that ear syringe and suctioned out his mouth and then again.Then I blew into his face.He screamed loud as he caught his breath.I called a neighbor,and my voice was gone she barely could make out what I was trying to say.When I said the baby's dying she knew then it was me.We lived 70 miles from the doctor.She drove us to the doctor and we were told the Baby had been in the second stage of crib death and we were very lucky!No one will ever convince me that God wasn't there that day!
1050444
I've had lots of funny things happen. Most recent was when I decided to lick my friends face instead of kiss it.... He had just put aftershave on and I didn't know and I was nearly sick and tasted it all day even after brushing my teeth and using mouthwash 3 times!!!
103520
Now how do you really know that??? Mine is when my SIS came back to tell all of us kids " In differ Houses " that she was in heaven and to go on with our lives she was Happy and NOT sick anymore and she looked very good ... "she had Cancer" and was only 12 ... I had finally felt at peace ...
633555
Yes, I have. Once when I was really upset I was talking to God and I felt someone hug me and I knew it was God. The inner pain I was feeling left and I felt much better.
421946
At the age of nine, with a magic show gone horribly wrong (in my case) at a local Baptist church.  I had the numinous belief in the supernatural that all kids have through contact with such beliefs from the society they live in.  Then I saw a guy mystifying children with simple sleight of hand tricks and extrapolated from there, which I am sure wasn't what the pastor of the church intended at all.  It was a life changing moment, though I did not really know it.  I had decided to throw off the shackles of the mind that are required by religion and embraced logic, reason, and science as my "holy" trinity.
618858
Yes and yes. During a particulary stressfull time in my life, I had a dream of my grandmothers sister. She let me know that I would not be alive much longer if I continued to be stressed about things. So, I started examining my life and my feelings and turning them over to God. I am in a MUCH better place today. Thanks aunty!
792841
This question is very simple but for me it was a thought provoking one. When I searched my memory,  I could not find the happiest moment in my life! There are many happy moments but I could not single out my happiest moment. I have always considered my present better than my past. So may be my happiest moment is yet to come. Thank you for taking me to a trip down the memory lane.
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one time i was with a group of my friends at the movies and i went towards the bathroom and turned around to tell them where i was going, and when i turned back around i hit the wall face-first. I PUT AND DENT IN THE WALL, ANNNNNDDD BROKE MY BRACES AND HAD TO GET THEM FIXED!!!....\n\n\n.... nice to get that off my chest.. ty ;)
1027409
I would pick something that you have done in your life mistake or not, that has some how changed you for the better. People relate well with situations they are familiar with. Try something along those lines
854874
Absolutely.  One of the lonliest moments of my life I was surrounded by about 10,000 people.\n\nI was married, with a new child.  I was in the Navy, just getting back from a 6 month tour to Europe. 3 months in, my wife left me taking my son with her.  When our ship arrived back home, there were literally 10,000 people waiting for their loved ones.  Holding banners and holding back tears of joy.\n\nI walked down that pier alone.  Not a soul there to welcome me home.  Especially my wife and son.  No banners, no tears, no hugs or kisses. That is one of the only times of my life I ever walked with my head down.  I couldn't stand to see the anticipation and joy of those thousands without breaking down.  \n\nLonliest moment of my life....
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Change can be scary. What I do in a situation that I feel apprehensive about I try to recall other events in my life that were scary at the onset but ended in extremely positive results e.g. pregnancy vs. the birth of my first child, renting vs. buying my first home etc.