 | Question | Feb 5, '08 11:16 PM
for everyone |
When is the last time something rang clear and true in your life and you made immediate changes? What resulted?
 | All my changes in life have been pretty gradual, but they lump into bigger ones over the course of time. I don't really ever feel like the same person I was a year ago, but I've never made any life changing decisions, just a ton of little small ones.
I guess that might just be because I'm only 20, and I have had to change, and grow up, and all that. But I still feel pretty distant from myself as a kid. Almost detached. |
 | This happens less as I get older. It's always the same something, a small inspiration that tells me "Nothing wanting", then a further thought "Let 'Plan B' take care of itself".
What resulted? All went well. I'd have been surprised had it not. |
| I am very intuitive, in fact I am an intuitive-thinking psychological type (in the Junguian sense). So, as I get older, I follow more and more my intuitions, without being scared of the consequences .
I am less afraid to loose. This includes human relationships.
In fact, we don't have a winner's-loser's culture here in Brazil. It is a specific US thing.
Yesterday?
I keep changing my life all the time. And all goes well.
Reading the other answers *** I always made big change decisions, as far as I can remember. Turning from water to wine when I feel time is ripe. Never had a regret in my life... and I don't regret anything that I didn't do either. |
 | I'm not sure I *ever* make big life changing decisions. That might seem an odd thing to say given that I've married, had a child, bought a house, started a career and so on.
I guess it's just that at the time, none of those decisions seemed that big, maybe they didn't even feel like decisions. I remember that when I'd personally decided that I wanted to marry Hazel, that didn't seem like a life changing, big ole decision, it seemed like the most natural thing to do the in world.
Hindsight presents my decisions as life changing weeks, months and years after the event. At the time, they seemed small natural steps. |
 | I've been a cat person for 27 years. When my precious Sally died, I had to think about what kind of pet I wanted. We have another old cat who would not have welcomed another kitten, so I started to think about dogs. Then one day, out of nowhere an old yellow lab showed up on my doorstep with an injury to one hip, probably hit by a car. I was immediately awed by the passive trust she placed in me, a stranger. I got her a bowl of water and a blanket and called animal control. (assuming they'd look for an owner) The man that took her carried her gently to the van and gave her a blanket to lie on.
Because of my slight disablities and tendency to depression, I am pretty isolated and housebound many days.I needed a companion. After thinking about this for a couple days I wondered if the dog had been an angel of sorts, or an omen, to convince me I needed a dog.
The next day I started looking at ads in the paper, and eventually found Oliver. I have not regretted it. |
 | After having three kids in quick succession, my wife and I "took a break" from having children. After a couple of years we started again but my wife continued to have miscarriages (I think 6 in all), so we were getting very disheartened. We discussed it long and hard and were on the verge of calling it quits and then decided to give it one more try (using all the tricks for getting pregnant, aside from medication).
Her name is Madelyn, she is 6 and she is the light of our lives. I have never met a child with more charisma, self assurance, and sheer joie de vivre. We have never regretted trying that one last time. |
 | This morning my alarm clock rang clear and true and knowing I only had ten minutes to be in my car, I immediately got out of bed.
...probably not what you had in mind... |
 | When I finally gave up smoking. It's been years now (four or five). Most recently when the doctor tried to put me on cholesterol medicine and I dropped some weight/modified my diet to avoid it. |
 | When my daughter was born I suddenly realised that I had put off growing up for long enough.
So far, so good. |
 | Going to Belgium was pretty life changing especially with two young children and as it turned out a non-too stable work contract which made life a lot more complicated than it needed to be.
The decision to return was not a difficult one (except financially) so I suppose that rang pretty clearly around November of last year.
My wife,who works in e-commerce,landed a good job here-I'm trying to start up my own business again while doing the school runs.
The plus side is,at the moment,I can do things like attend my daughter's music show at her school this afternoon and she seems a lot happier with things since returning. |
 | Well, I had a moment a few months back when everything rang clear and true, but it's going to take a little while longer to work it all out. |
 | imply wrote on Feb 8, edited on Feb 8 On a scenic outlook, in Tuscon, last March. My travelling companion was telling me of her future travelling plans, I realised that I really REALLY wanted to go with her. Wherever.
I told her she had six months to find a reason why we shouldn't stay together. She couldn't, and nor could I, so we got married.
And you? |
 | Recently I had a wake up call on my life. Everything was illuminated. Colors replaced grays. I don't yet know the end result but am thankful for the beginning. Come what may, I know it is my true path. The instincts are so strong that to ignore them I fear would be very damaging. |
| It's not Scientology, is it? *winces* |
| Nope, she's going on stage. |
| No, Sarah.... it isn't religious.
pssst.... and don't listen to Peter.... |
| Dear Charl, cryptic as ever. Come on, share a little. You're amongst friends. |
| drcurry wrote on Feb 12, edited on Feb 12 Only if you have a few twenty dollar bills... |
| I'll try to find time this evening to respond. Thanks for caring. It's good stuff. |
| Yes it is good stuff. I don't want to go into great detail. Suffice it to say my 2008 is looking significantly better. |
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