In the meantime, please tell me your "moment," I'm trying to get a good idea of what this life is about.
Thank You.
i don't have a "moment"...more like many, many moments. some pretty significant, others seeming insignificant, but meaningful for me.
the biggies:
-studying abroad
-getting married
-my first teaching job, especially the first day....realizing i really could do it!
- buying our house. i think that's the first time i really felt like a 'grown-up'....altho i really don't still, just fake it well.
-my father dying.
-graduating college, then grad school...each big turning points.
-surviving, and hopefully thriving, after a very difficult life patch.
-changing careers, a real BIG decision.....and mostly realizing that i CAN.
-almost anythime i travel.
-being alone, wherever....exploring, with my camera.
i think whenever i face a truly difficult challenge or decision...or whenever i feel unbelievable joy, true contentment....happiness in just 'being'......are all amazing and defining moments for me. times like these...where you are tested...or whenever you feel your greatest joys...help you see who YOU truly are. what you are made of, what matters most.
The day my daughter was born is the greatest and most defining and turning point in my whole existence. It has forever committed me to improve, to grow, to expand and to love unconditionally and most of all to change for the better. My daughter will never know the gratitude and thanks that is owed to her. I owe the same to her mother. Bless her soul.
My youngest son proving what a fighter he is, enduring 3 open heart surgeries as an infant, to save his life. I don't think I knew what it was to live before that.
The best use of Life is Love.
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I really like reading all of these replies, even if some of them are kinda sad. Especially the one that appears to be Luke Skywalker.
For me, sometimes it's a series of events that total up to a "moment".
I was working my ass off 10 hour days, neglecting my family and just being generally overworked, selfish and crabby. Then I was diagnosed with leukemia. Talk about shaking up my priorities! What a friggin eye opener.
It changed everything about me. Really, for the better. It probably seems nutty to say that something like cancer can be a "good" thing, but for me at least in at least some respect, it was.
It forced me to slow down and value the little stuff and honestly I'm a better person for it. 19 months in remission and counting.
I really like reading all of these replies, even if some of them are kinda sad. Especially the one that appears to be Luke Skywalker.
For me, sometimes it's a series of events that total up to a "moment".
I was working my ass off 10 hour days, neglecting my family and just being generally overworked, selfish and crabby. Then I was diagnosed with leukemia. Talk about shaking up my priorities! What a friggin eye opener.
It changed everything about me. Really, for the better. It probably seems nutty to say that something like cancer can be a "good" thing, but for me at least in at least some respect, it was.
It forced me to slow down and value the little stuff and honestly I'm a better person for it. 19 months in remission and counting.
Awesome!
The best use of Life is Love.
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
My youngest son proving what a fighter he is, enduring 3 open heart surgeries as an infant, to save his life. I don't think I knew what it was to live before that.
thanks for sharing.....i will keep your last sentence with me.
live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
For me it hasn't been one moment, its been many, maybe that's because I'm so old
*Leaving home at 19 and finding myself
*Meeting and marrying hubby, it has been an awesome ride so far
*Giving birth to 4 sons and mothering them
*Finding out....you can always do what you love, you never have to grow up
and the most important life changing event....my Dads sudden death 3.5 years ago, I learned a very hard lesson, we may not have a tomorrow....so live for today, have no regrets, be happy while I'm here, don't waste time on the petty things and just have fun. LIVE~LOVE~LAUGH
oxc
~*LIVE~LOVE~LAUGH*~
*May the Peace of the Wilderness be with YOU*
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
— Unknown
I'm pretty certain that life is NOT about having a single "OMGWTFMYLIFEHASCOMPLETELYCHANGED" moment. Life is about having little moments of clarity all the time so you're constantly growing in a semi-chaotic state. Otherwise, you're not really living, you're just idling. Some moments are more profound than others, no doubt, but there's no master moment that will make you see what life is all about imo.
I like that and agree.
I had one of these moments Friday night.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
I found out the love of my life that i had spent 4 years with and was about to propose to as i graduated college was cheating on me........rather than go with the career path I had been pursuing for the last four years and the life I had had been planning, I applied for a job in a city where I didn't know anyone at all and just kind of started everything over. There have been a lot of rough stretches but I've learned more about myself in the last year and a half than I did the whole 4 years I was with my ex......and the job, which I knew little about and was completely unsure of, has been great.
some of these answers are beautiful. Seems the lowest point of peoples lives can be the beginning of a fantastic new life. I really believe in that. I can't tell my story but it's something similar... and when something knocks you back so far and so sudden, where you choose to go from there can define you. I've learned to be much stronger and really really appreciate life and every day that I'm walking around... cos the alternative is just unthinkable.
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
reading this thread i've realized i have several moments. the one i'm focused on right now is having my own place. i'm going on a year and a half, completely on my own and i love it!
another one was when i left the U.S. for the first time. no one i knew had ever done that. they all thought i was crazy. but i went to Peru with a group and had to rough it, but it was one of the most amazing times of my life. eating questionable foods, taking a bath in the Amazon, sweating profusely the whole time, taking a 'shower' with buckets of water, or washing your hair in the rain as it's coming off the buildings in a stream of water. but most importantly realizing that the rest of the world is not the same as my little world. realizing that not everyone has a TV, clean water, food everyday, a house, a "normal" life like mine.....i visited a community that had nothing but huts.....with dirt floors.....i then realized i live in a mansion! i always hated my parents house, but now i appreciate having shelter and modern conveniences. it really changed my perspective on what i "have" or "don't have." it made me value people more than possessions, and all kinds of other things.
No need to be void, or save up on life...
You got to spend it all
Deciding to do an extra year at university, and subsequently attaining the best possible mark I could, meeting the love of my life, getting the job I wanted, and moving down to be with aforementioned love of my life.
My life is exactly where I want it to be for the first time.
~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
I haven't had one...and DESPERATELY need one. Lately I have just had a great feeling of discontent. I don't really have any great reason to complain...I have a great family, friends, love my job...but I need a CHANGE. I'm not sure exactly what kind...possibly a move. I don't know. It's all very abstract. I can't actually define what it is that's missing...it just is.
Wow. I've never really said this "outloud" before. But it's been a long time coming.
This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper
I haven't had one...and DESPERATELY need one. Lately I have just had a great feeling of discontent. I don't really have any great reason to complain...I have a great family, friends, love my job...but I need a Change. I'm not sure exactly what kind...possibly a move. I don't know. It's all very abstract. I can't actually define what it is that's missing...it just is.
Wow. I've never really said this "outloud" before. But it's been a long time coming.
I haven't had one...and DESPERATELY need one. Lately I have just had a great feeling of discontent. I don't really have any great reason to complain...I have a great family, friends, love my job...but I need a Change. I'm not sure exactly what kind...possibly a move. I don't know. It's all very abstract. I can't actually define what it is that's missing...it just is.
Wow. I've never really said this "outloud" before. But it's been a long time coming.
don't worry, you're life will totally change once you accept that you are moving to chicago.
Lately I have just had a great feeling of discontent. I don't really have any great reason to complain...I have a great family, friends...but I need a Change. I'm not sure exactly what kind...possibly a move. I don't know
tell me about it. I think this move to Dallas could be the defining moment I need. At least for now. And I think the Change will be good.
I haven't had one...and DESPERATELY need one. Lately I have just had a great feeling of discontent. I don't really have any great reason to complain...I have a great family, friends, love my job...but I need a CHANGE. I'm not sure exactly what kind...possibly a move. I don't know. It's all very abstract. I can't actually define what it is that's missing...it just is.
Wow. I've never really said this "outloud" before. But it's been a long time coming.
how about just changing your routine around a little. I found when I got like that it was cos I was doing the same thing every day... then I started going shopping, or to the cinema, or to the beach after work and just venturing into different places... it actually did help a bit.
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
LOL! But I don't think I want to move to Chicago. LOL! Maybe I do.
SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!! Maybe I need a shrink to help me work through this. Is this a form of depression or something? Maybe I just need a hobby??
Has anyone gone through something like this before?
sounds like you're just bored. Do something
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
how about just changing your routine around a little. I found when I got like that it was cos I was doing the same thing every day... then I started going shopping, or to the cinema, or to the beach after work and just venturing into different places... it actually did help a bit.
Hmm...that makes sense. I'm not sure that's what I mean, though. I do think some of it is boredom...so you might right there.
This is the greatest band in the world -- Ben Harper
LOL! But I don't think I want to move to Chicago. LOL! Maybe I do.
SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!! Maybe I need a shrink to help me work through this. Is this a form of depression or something? Maybe I just need a hobby??
Has anyone gone through something like this before?
100% you have nanny burn out...
take it from a nanny with burn out...
why do you think I hightailed my butt to graduate school? I was like, if I have to nanny for the rest of my life, I might shoot myself. Maybe its different for you, but I find it very UNrewarding, time consuming, and energy sapping... (when I was a full time nanny for little kids)
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moving to NYC
i don't have a "moment"...more like many, many moments. some pretty significant, others seeming insignificant, but meaningful for me.
the biggies:
-studying abroad
-getting married
-my first teaching job, especially the first day....realizing i really could do it!
- buying our house. i think that's the first time i really felt like a 'grown-up'....altho i really don't still, just fake it well.
-my father dying.
-graduating college, then grad school...each big turning points.
-surviving, and hopefully thriving, after a very difficult life patch.
-changing careers, a real BIG decision.....and mostly realizing that i CAN.
-almost anythime i travel.
-being alone, wherever....exploring, with my camera.
i think whenever i face a truly difficult challenge or decision...or whenever i feel unbelievable joy, true contentment....happiness in just 'being'......are all amazing and defining moments for me. times like these...where you are tested...or whenever you feel your greatest joys...help you see who YOU truly are. what you are made of, what matters most.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
and the turning point (hopefully) for this country, will be on her 1st
bday
1-20-09
Long enough for the clouds to fly me away
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........
For me, sometimes it's a series of events that total up to a "moment".
I was working my ass off 10 hour days, neglecting my family and just being generally overworked, selfish and crabby. Then I was diagnosed with leukemia. Talk about shaking up my priorities! What a friggin eye opener.
It changed everything about me. Really, for the better. It probably seems nutty to say that something like cancer can be a "good" thing, but for me at least in at least some respect, it was.
It forced me to slow down and value the little stuff and honestly I'm a better person for it. 19 months in remission and counting.
Awesome!
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........
*Leaving home at 19 and finding myself
*Meeting and marrying hubby, it has been an awesome ride so far
*Giving birth to 4 sons and mothering them
*Finding out....you can always do what you love, you never have to grow up
and the most important life changing event....my Dads sudden death 3.5 years ago, I learned a very hard lesson, we may not have a tomorrow....so live for today, have no regrets, be happy while I'm here, don't waste time on the petty things and just have fun. LIVE~LOVE~LAUGH
oxc
*May the Peace of the Wilderness be with YOU*
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
— Unknown
and surviving.
I like that and agree.
I had one of these moments Friday night.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
Of course.
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
another one was when i left the U.S. for the first time. no one i knew had ever done that. they all thought i was crazy. but i went to Peru with a group and had to rough it, but it was one of the most amazing times of my life. eating questionable foods, taking a bath in the Amazon, sweating profusely the whole time, taking a 'shower' with buckets of water, or washing your hair in the rain as it's coming off the buildings in a stream of water. but most importantly realizing that the rest of the world is not the same as my little world. realizing that not everyone has a TV, clean water, food everyday, a house, a "normal" life like mine.....i visited a community that had nothing but huts.....with dirt floors.....i then realized i live in a mansion! i always hated my parents house, but now i appreciate having shelter and modern conveniences. it really changed my perspective on what i "have" or "don't have." it made me value people more than possessions, and all kinds of other things.
You got to spend it all
My life is exactly where I want it to be for the first time.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
Wow. I've never really said this "outloud" before. But it's been a long time coming.
u need alittle bit of me..
don't worry, you're life will totally change once you accept that you are moving to chicago.
No, that's really not it. Besides I think your girlfriend might have a problem with that.
tell me about it. I think this move to Dallas could be the defining moment I need. At least for now. And I think the Change will be good.
LOL! But I don't think I want to move to Chicago. LOL! Maybe I do.
SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!! Maybe I need a shrink to help me work through this. Is this a form of depression or something? Maybe I just need a hobby??
Has anyone gone through something like this before?
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Yeah, I definitely think the move to Dallas will be good for you!! You need a fresh start for sure!
Hmm...that makes sense. I'm not sure that's what I mean, though. I do think some of it is boredom...so you might right there.
100% you have nanny burn out...
take it from a nanny with burn out...
why do you think I hightailed my butt to graduate school? I was like, if I have to nanny for the rest of my life, I might shoot myself. Maybe its different for you, but I find it very UNrewarding, time consuming, and energy sapping... (when I was a full time nanny for little kids)
Moving to Texas can't be good for anyone... ever.
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