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I think so many people change your life on a day to day basis.
There are many here on c-d that have, and continue to do so.
Everyday our lives change, and the people in them are the ones who do that.
The day I left my husband and my brothers and sister came and helped me move, one of my brothers left a hundred dollar bill in the fridge that someone gave us.
I found it about an hour after they were gone.
It was not this that changed me just a tad that day. I stood there with tears in my eyes, because I had nothing. My husband kept the kids beds, we absolutely had nothing.
My son who was 13 then came up to me, and I don't know exactly what he said to me, but he hugged me. Mommy its gonna be ok. That is what family is for. Its gonna be ok. He referenced a movie.I can't remember which one right now.
Basically he was telling me that I would never be locked up again and I was free. He was speaking of the pain and anguish of my marriage as he knew it.
My little boy told me that day that I was free. And I was.
They say, "Out of the mouths of babes." It is true. My children are the world to me, and everyday they are saying things that change me for the better.
The person who influenced my life was my maternal grandmother. She was the ultimate lady-so very proper and kind-but get her behind the wheel of her summer car-a Woody-and she was a hoot.
Well a year ago this angel of a lady stepped into my life. It was after a lengthy period of singleness, and living in a rural area of southcentral Alaska I was kind of bumming out thinking I was destined to be a loner my remaining days. She has rekindled a flame I thought had burned itself out years ago. I am happier than I have ever been...ever.
Well a year ago this angel of a lady stepped into my life. It was after a lengthy period of singleness, and living in a rural area of southcentral Alaska I was kind of bumming out thinking I was destined to be a loner my remaining days. She has rekindled a flame I thought had burned itself out years ago. I am happier than I have ever been...ever.
My nephew Michael...he is such a good hearted boy He reminded me of things I wound up forgetting about thru the years, he reminded me not to litter when he was 3yrs old, and to just be yourself, how precious life is, to be happy and alot more, he is a beautiful soul
I would have to say my husband. Since we got married, I love being more of a homebody (though I've had my time going out with friends once in a great while). But before I met him I used to go to parties a lot, when I was a teenager (I still did very well in school). I wanted to go to every dance the school had. But then I met my husband when I was 19, and out of school, and it pretty much settled me down. Now I'm more of a chilled person than I used to be, that's for sure. I had also gave up drinking a year ago too (he never drinks). So, he's my inspiration.
During my 25+ year teaching career, I worked for one difficult principal in particular, and one afternoon, I sat across the desk from my favorite assistant principal, crying my eyes out, and telling him I couldn't take another day of it (the principal), he passed me some tissues, and said he'd get a sub for me for the next day.
And then, he asked, "this time tomorrow, will it matter?'
I blotted my eyes, blinked, and looked at him and said in all seriousness, "Well, of course it will! Because blah, blah, blah." And on I ranted.
Then he asked, "this time next week, will it matter?"
I think we had to go so far as the year 2050 before I understood what the very frustrated man was trying to get me to understand. I never had a chance to tell him that that very outlook stuck with me the rest of my life, and how much I use that approach to question just how important something is, or how much I intend to let something affect me, or color my outlook.
While at a leadership development week, we were asked to close our eyes and ask ourselves this question...
Who changed my life in a positive way by their words or actions?
Oddly enough, the person that popped into my mind was my 7th grade English teacher. Every morning he would walk in and say "Good morning. This is the only April 15th, 2008 (date changes, obviously) you will ever have. Make it what you want it to be."
Isn't that great? I try to tell my kids that every day and I TRY to live that way. It is obviously not always easy.
Who did the same for you?
REPLY: Hands down...it was Jesus Christ. Only he could change my wayward, hopeless, decietful, rebellious, pridefilled heart and change me from the inside. I was on a collision course of personal destruction
until I heard and 'owned' what he did for me on the Cross. My life has never been the same since. I now love life, love others, have a real hope of eternity and knowing Im reconciled to God with complete forgiveness for my many many sins of hurting others and myself in the process. Glory goes to him.
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He reminded me of things I wound up forgetting about thru the years, he reminded me not to litter when he was 3yrs old, and to just be yourself, how precious life is, to be happy and alot more, he is a beautiful soul
