When I had my first child I lost a LOT of weight by the time she was 1 and when she was 2 I was at my prepregnancy size, I did this with no exercise and not a drastic change in my diet. Now my son is 8 months old (3 years younger then my daughter) and I still have a LOT of weight to lose. My stomach more then anything, please help!!!|||You are going to have to make some changes in your life style to get rid of that extra weight, but there%26#039;s no reason to dive right into it by running 5 miles a day and doing a full 3-hour yoga/pilates/aerobic workout right off the bat. Start off small.
One of the biggest things you can do to help cut down on some of that fat is to simply cut back on how much you eat everyday. No need to go anorexic of course. . . but making your serving portions smaller and cutting down on how much high-calorie snacking you do between meals can go a long way toward helping to eliminate that fat.
If you couple this with exercising by %26quot;taking the scenic route%26quot;, you%26#039;ll start making habits that will slowly-but-surely eliminate that fat. By taking the scenic route, I mean that you go the long way, the more strenuous way, to get something done. Take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator. Walk to the grocery story if you are close enough. Even walking for a half hour more everyday will help a little. It%26#039;s always the little things that make the biggest differences.
If you can get into the habit of doing these things, step it up to a bit tougher exercises. Try doing aerobic type exercises for 20 to 30 minutes a day when you get a little time (I know that can be tough since you are a mom!). Biking is another good way to start exercising too since it isn%26#039;t as stress-filled as running or intense work out can be.
Good luck in your endeavor!|||Walking is probably the easiest workout to do with young kids and without having to go to a gym. Almost everyday since she was born, I have stuck my daughter in a stroller and walked for at least 20 minutes. It took me 2 years to get back to pre-pregnancy weight, BUT I didn%26#039;t change my diet. I am trying to that now just to be healthier and because I have other non-baby weight to lose. :)
It seems that the stomach fat is the hardest to get rid of too. I%26#039;ve heard doing Pilates can help some people. I just hold onto my daughter and do crunches The extra weight seems to help build the muscle faster and she gets a kick out of it.|||lol i need to know this also :) baby fat sucks :)|||I have 2 children too!! With my son, I gained a lot of weight and it took me 10 months to get even close to my normal size. With my daughter, I didn%26#039;t gain as much weight, and I am already back to pre pregnancy weight from before having my son! I had an emergency c-section with my son, and a scheduled c-section with my daughter. I have a lot of muscle damage, but the way I lost the weight from both kids was by swimming. I also breast fed both kids, which is medically proven to help you lose weight. I swam while I was pregnant with my daughter, it was a lot of fun for my son and I. He loves to swim with me, so it was a good work out for both of us. Swimming really will help you lose the weight, and tone back up. Good Luck!|||Crunches won%26#039;t help. You have to somehow burn more calories than you take in. You%26#039;d be surprised how many calories you eat just by taking a little nibble here and there.
There are a lot of diet plans out there, but most of the ones that work suggest that you stick to eating the same things you usually do, just cut the portions in half. Also try to eat six times a day, three regular meals and three snacks, and don%26#039;t snack in-between.
Aerobic exercise is also key. Try a brisk walk every morning.|||Crunches do help some...for the stomach area. But how do you get rid of those love handles? Thats my problem!|||You%26#039;ve got to do the crunches. There%26#039;s no other way.
Sunday 5 June 2011
What are the best self-help books for changing your life?
CRANK by Ellen Hopkins
its about a teenager in highschool who was quite normal but one summer when she got a hold of the drug Crank, her life was turned upside down.
i love the book. its short, interesting, in a poem style format, and it teaches us all a lesson that no matter who you are your life can instantly change from drugs.
its about a teenager in highschool who was quite normal but one summer when she got a hold of the drug Crank, her life was turned upside down.
i love the book. its short, interesting, in a poem style format, and it teaches us all a lesson that no matter who you are your life can instantly change from drugs.
How would changing your NAME change your LIFE?
what do u think hmmm?|||I think its more of a self thing. like security.
when some one changes their name its changing their identity which
is a stepping stool for confidence to change:D|||not much|||It would stop everyone from calling me iCarly|||Hmm...I don%26#039;t know. I like my name as is ^_^
OH MY SKULD IT%26#039;S NOODLE!!! Gorillaz=win.|||hahaha well people think they%26#039;re really cool and original for coming up with %26quot;uhh-man-DUH%26quot; so that would be a fun thing to live without.
when some one changes their name its changing their identity which
is a stepping stool for confidence to change:D|||not much|||It would stop everyone from calling me iCarly|||Hmm...I don%26#039;t know. I like my name as is ^_^
OH MY SKULD IT%26#039;S NOODLE!!! Gorillaz=win.|||hahaha well people think they%26#039;re really cool and original for coming up with %26quot;uhh-man-DUH%26quot; so that would be a fun thing to live without.
Changing your life; Can you throw out everything you've believed and learned and start fresh? Can you become
who you need to be? Is it possible?|||You can%26#039;t throw away everything you%26#039;ve believed because you%26#039;ll always have a part of you that remembers the things you believed before. You have to learn and grow from the past, you can%26#039;t just drop it and begin again. You have to start from where you are and try to overcome the obstacles placed in front of you. There is not an easy way to do this. You can overcome and work towards change, but you can%26#039;t get rid of the past. The harder you try to, the harder it is to forget. Learn and Grow from it. You can%26#039;t ever throw out everything, because you%26#039;ll still remember the hardships in your life.
In order to change your life, you must try to overcome the adversity in your life. You must want to change, but only from learning from the mistakes you%26#039;ve made. You can%26#039;t ever start over, but you can keep going and seek guidance from God, friends, family, etc. It is possible, you just need a little bit of faith. Through God we can be perfected. (I%26#039;m Christian, sorry if that%26#039;s what you are running from)|||yes.|||it%26#039;s hard. u can always become watever u want 2 if u want it bad enough but u can%26#039;t ever forget wat u%26#039;ve learned cuz it%26#039;s a part of u. u can always try.
In order to change your life, you must try to overcome the adversity in your life. You must want to change, but only from learning from the mistakes you%26#039;ve made. You can%26#039;t ever start over, but you can keep going and seek guidance from God, friends, family, etc. It is possible, you just need a little bit of faith. Through God we can be perfected. (I%26#039;m Christian, sorry if that%26#039;s what you are running from)|||yes.|||it%26#039;s hard. u can always become watever u want 2 if u want it bad enough but u can%26#039;t ever forget wat u%26#039;ve learned cuz it%26#039;s a part of u. u can always try.
What has been the most life changing moment in your life?
What was THE moment that has completely impacted / inspired / changed your life????? PEACE %26amp; LOVE to all of you wonderful people|||When my kids were born! Having children completely changes your life, it also inspired me to be a better person, because now I am not only responsible for myself, but for two precious lives.|||graduating hs|||That%26#039;s easy. The moment I met the woman I am spending the rest of my life with. It was a defining moment par excellence.|||Becoming a mother. Wow! So Awesome!|||the day I had my daughter... she%26#039;s great!|||when i realised my mother loves me a lot, more than i can ever imagine. she endangered her life for saving me but thankfully we both are alive and living happily in the same world|||the birth of my son
What was your biggest life changing experience ever?
Has your life been changed over a second? or a desicioun for ever?...have you had a moment when you could choose between your life and death?./..have you been so lucky to be alive now!!!?..if you had a life changing moment ..please share it.|||Mine was going to New Zealand. I originally came over on a 1 year working holiday visa then I met a man who later became my husband and father of my 4 month old daughter. I ended up moving here permanently. That decision to go to New Zealand in the first place changed my life forever.|||Life is worthless and cheap in the first place ... how important is any event within it? nothing ... life and all experience of life and within life is nothing more than some ****|||My biggest life changing experience was watching my father die unexpectedly. He had been ill for quite some time, but he had a period of slight recovery. When I arrived at his home, we had a conversation. I asked him a question. When I didn%26#039;t hear his response, I turned around, he had a fixed look on his face. I tried CPR to revive him. It didn%26#039;t work so I just closed his eyes, and told him it was OK to go on. My father and I had a very stressful relationship. He was an abusive and violent alcoholic, but when he was sober, he was gentle, loving and productive. When he drank, he was the opposite. I didn%26#039;t see him for almost 2 years at one time because of embarrassing me in front of friends and neighbors by violent, loud tirades. His death changed me in that I am now more tolerant of those with addiction problems. I do not easily run from hard conditions or from others who perhaps I could help or even love alittle bit more in life. Not every life is the same. My father%26#039;s situation changed me into a more tolerant and loving individual.|||The day my husband died. After being with this man since I was 16 I was alone. 35 years with the same best friend, lover.
Songs about someone changing your life for the better?
one person in my life (a good friend) has made the biggest impact on me.
She is always there for me, and when everyone lost faith in me, she still saw the best in me.
She is like my angel that convinced me to keep going!
I couldn%26#039;t live without her, %26amp; i want a song that explains that!
Any kind of music!
THANKS! (:|||Changed By You - Between The Trees
She is always there for me, and when everyone lost faith in me, she still saw the best in me.
She is like my angel that convinced me to keep going!
I couldn%26#039;t live without her, %26amp; i want a song that explains that!
Any kind of music!
THANKS! (:|||Changed By You - Between The Trees
How is the internet helping or changing your life?
With the internet, I was able to do thorough research for my thesis when I was still in univ... I can get the news, shop, read books or anything under the sun, get in touch with friends wherever they are in the world, post/download pictures, download music/games -- I can do all that online! It basically makes my life easier... and it broadens my knowledge about the world and people with just a click of the mouse... (^_^)|||U can do alot on the internet|||I found my true love on the internet|||its an easy life style.|||Lots of valuable free technical info online. If someone sells info on the internet you can bet that with a little persistance you can find the same info for free somewhere...experiment with search phrases and you can find answers to anything for nothing!|||It%26#039;s definitely helped me improve my searching skills. I took a load of Reference courses at college, and I use the knowledge that I have to improve what I%26#039;m looking for and vice versa.
I can also find information that I won%26#039;t find elsewhere - ie. on television or magazines. As long as I know what I%26#039;m looking for, I can usually find it.
I%26#039;d like to say that it%26#039;s helped me keep in touch with friends and family, but it%26#039;s not 100% true - only some of them.
I can also find information that I won%26#039;t find elsewhere - ie. on television or magazines. As long as I know what I%26#039;m looking for, I can usually find it.
I%26#039;d like to say that it%26#039;s helped me keep in touch with friends and family, but it%26#039;s not 100% true - only some of them.
How would changing your religion affect your life (family, friends, etc)?
If have been trained to believe in some religion, but later you start to have your own beliefs. How difficult would it be to expose that to people like your family, friends, school, church... etc?
Do you think they will be stunned to find out that you want to change your religion or become an atheist or an agnostic... ?
Will they hate you for this?
What do you think would be the consequences and/or effects of doing so?|||I%26#039;m sure I%26#039;d shock the hell out of a lot of people if I suddenly became religious but I%26#039;m pretty sure I wouldn%26#039;t lose any friends over it.|||they would have me committed because i told them if i ever become a bible thumper, then i%26#039;ve been brain washed or hit on the head.|||I became an atheist and my mother and other family members accepted it, my little 12 year old cousin is agnostic.|||You can%26#039;t change your religion. The only things you can change are membership in a religious organization and superficial opinions.
If that%26#039;s all your religion is, feel free.|||Just tell them.
If your family is christian then they%26#039;ll have to forgive you, but know that they%26#039;ll be praying for your soul for the rest of time because deep down they%26#039;ll believe that you%26#039;ve fallen from the wagon.
Religion preaches violence and spreads propaganda around the world. Boycotte it!|||My former Christian friends are very upset and have been playing serious politics since I left the Church. Now I have way better Buddhist, atheist and liberal minded Christian friends so its all good|||How much you expose is how much you are comfy with. My religion is personal so I don%26#039;t run around wearing it on a tee shirt %26quot;I am Pagan!%26quot;. I don%26#039;t hide my jewelry either but most people don%26#039;t notice the pagan reference anyway. My immediate family was not surprised to find out that I had gone in a new direction, a few others were surprised but pretty much ok. No one in my circle of friends and family have hated me for accepting the real me. Some outsiders have been nasty...but they aren%26#039;t important so it%26#039;s all on them. As for consequences, none really that I can think of.|||As being as I know that God is real and so is Hell and Satan
then I would be stupid to change to something I know is not real.|||Depends on the family, really. When I changed rreligions, my mother was supportive, and completely okay with it (in fact, I think she suspected I would). Whereas my step father and grandmother make fun of the fact that I%26#039;m no longer Christian. So sometimes your family is supportive, and other times not. For me, it%26#039;s difficult because I won%26#039;t tell teh rest of my family because I don%26#039;t want to have to listen to them mock me or be upset that I %26#039;left god%26#039; or any crap like that.
Do you think they will be stunned to find out that you want to change your religion or become an atheist or an agnostic... ?
Will they hate you for this?
What do you think would be the consequences and/or effects of doing so?|||I%26#039;m sure I%26#039;d shock the hell out of a lot of people if I suddenly became religious but I%26#039;m pretty sure I wouldn%26#039;t lose any friends over it.|||they would have me committed because i told them if i ever become a bible thumper, then i%26#039;ve been brain washed or hit on the head.|||I became an atheist and my mother and other family members accepted it, my little 12 year old cousin is agnostic.|||You can%26#039;t change your religion. The only things you can change are membership in a religious organization and superficial opinions.
If that%26#039;s all your religion is, feel free.|||Just tell them.
If your family is christian then they%26#039;ll have to forgive you, but know that they%26#039;ll be praying for your soul for the rest of time because deep down they%26#039;ll believe that you%26#039;ve fallen from the wagon.
Religion preaches violence and spreads propaganda around the world. Boycotte it!|||My former Christian friends are very upset and have been playing serious politics since I left the Church. Now I have way better Buddhist, atheist and liberal minded Christian friends so its all good|||How much you expose is how much you are comfy with. My religion is personal so I don%26#039;t run around wearing it on a tee shirt %26quot;I am Pagan!%26quot;. I don%26#039;t hide my jewelry either but most people don%26#039;t notice the pagan reference anyway. My immediate family was not surprised to find out that I had gone in a new direction, a few others were surprised but pretty much ok. No one in my circle of friends and family have hated me for accepting the real me. Some outsiders have been nasty...but they aren%26#039;t important so it%26#039;s all on them. As for consequences, none really that I can think of.|||As being as I know that God is real and so is Hell and Satan
then I would be stupid to change to something I know is not real.|||Depends on the family, really. When I changed rreligions, my mother was supportive, and completely okay with it (in fact, I think she suspected I would). Whereas my step father and grandmother make fun of the fact that I%26#039;m no longer Christian. So sometimes your family is supportive, and other times not. For me, it%26#039;s difficult because I won%26#039;t tell teh rest of my family because I don%26#039;t want to have to listen to them mock me or be upset that I %26#039;left god%26#039; or any crap like that.
Are you changing your life style to help combat global warming?
no, I%26#039;ve always had what others call a green lifestyle. I will warn people about being ripped off by everyone except oil companies. Oil companies profits are lower than microsoft, and GE. Exxon is the 17th largest oil company, its puny, but gets press from those that are anti evrything, the same that what you spend money at thier highest price energy sources.|||No.
I won%26#039;t change my lifestyle to change the temperature on Mars either, since it also is having global warming as well.|||No I changed my life style to keep from getting ripped off by the oil companies that are funding this AGW scam for higher profits. Follow the money and see who are the only ones with good profits right now and then you will know where the money to keep the scam going is coming from. Global warming is caused by solar activity period. From the 1850s through 1940 we had a noticeable warming fueled by a spike in sunspots. The warmest year here was 1934, which was cooler than the average during the MWP. Then through the 40s and 50s it cooled a little bit as Co2 levels rose dramatically. It warmed slightly in the early 60s and then cooled again in the 70s bringing on the great Hansen鈥檚 first appearance on the world stage promoting Co2 as a global cooling gas that was going to drive the world into the next ice age and starve or kill most of the worlds population.
Then just as this was getting off the ground the sun spot activity jumped again and things started warming up again. So on the advice of Al Gore Mann and Hansen rewrote their whole scenario to match his alarmist book and altered the NASA temperature records to coincide with Co2 levels. This heating period ended in about 2000 with the hottest year of the cycle in 1998 well below the 1934 record year. Since then low solar activity has allowed cooling to set in and real scientists are watching carefully to see what direction temperatures are going to do. Recently Hansen, Gore and some of the other alarmists have admitted to 20 years or more of cooling before it starts warming again, but they at this point are guessing the same as anybody else!
|||No, i chanced my lifestyle to help the environment, When we start taking care of the Environment the Global Warming will take care of its self.
|||I don%26#039;t think i will. only because where i live, sunny california, there are things called seasons.4 of them. and right now its summertime. soon its gonna be fall. then winter. spring and summertime all over again. i will still drive over the speed limit, burn my fireplace when its cold, waste energy by leaving my house doors and windows open with the air conditioner on, and leave my sprinklers on overnight.|||I am considering an air conditioner|||No. It%26#039;s already too late. Read Lester Brown%26#039;s %26quot;Plan B%26quot; and Ronald Wright%26#039;s %26quot;A Short History of Progress.%26quot; Or for that matter, read any United Nations document on the subject. Trust me. We%26#039;re doomed. There are just too many people on the planet.|||No , the planet will warm if it wants to , you are helpless to stop it . |||I don%26#039;t drive a car, so that helps. I am also lately taking a shower every other day and cutting the midday meal out of my diet on some days. This also helps keep my weight down. |||NO
|||No, I am not. Are the stars changing their output to save the universe?|||No, why should I change anything to solve a nonexistent problem?|||Nope. Just changing to help my wallet.
I won%26#039;t change my lifestyle to change the temperature on Mars either, since it also is having global warming as well.|||No I changed my life style to keep from getting ripped off by the oil companies that are funding this AGW scam for higher profits. Follow the money and see who are the only ones with good profits right now and then you will know where the money to keep the scam going is coming from. Global warming is caused by solar activity period. From the 1850s through 1940 we had a noticeable warming fueled by a spike in sunspots. The warmest year here was 1934, which was cooler than the average during the MWP. Then through the 40s and 50s it cooled a little bit as Co2 levels rose dramatically. It warmed slightly in the early 60s and then cooled again in the 70s bringing on the great Hansen鈥檚 first appearance on the world stage promoting Co2 as a global cooling gas that was going to drive the world into the next ice age and starve or kill most of the worlds population.
Then just as this was getting off the ground the sun spot activity jumped again and things started warming up again. So on the advice of Al Gore Mann and Hansen rewrote their whole scenario to match his alarmist book and altered the NASA temperature records to coincide with Co2 levels. This heating period ended in about 2000 with the hottest year of the cycle in 1998 well below the 1934 record year. Since then low solar activity has allowed cooling to set in and real scientists are watching carefully to see what direction temperatures are going to do. Recently Hansen, Gore and some of the other alarmists have admitted to 20 years or more of cooling before it starts warming again, but they at this point are guessing the same as anybody else!
|||No, i chanced my lifestyle to help the environment, When we start taking care of the Environment the Global Warming will take care of its self.
|||I don%26#039;t think i will. only because where i live, sunny california, there are things called seasons.4 of them. and right now its summertime. soon its gonna be fall. then winter. spring and summertime all over again. i will still drive over the speed limit, burn my fireplace when its cold, waste energy by leaving my house doors and windows open with the air conditioner on, and leave my sprinklers on overnight.|||I am considering an air conditioner|||No. It%26#039;s already too late. Read Lester Brown%26#039;s %26quot;Plan B%26quot; and Ronald Wright%26#039;s %26quot;A Short History of Progress.%26quot; Or for that matter, read any United Nations document on the subject. Trust me. We%26#039;re doomed. There are just too many people on the planet.|||No , the planet will warm if it wants to , you are helpless to stop it . |||I don%26#039;t drive a car, so that helps. I am also lately taking a shower every other day and cutting the midday meal out of my diet on some days. This also helps keep my weight down. |||NO
|||No, I am not. Are the stars changing their output to save the universe?|||No, why should I change anything to solve a nonexistent problem?|||Nope. Just changing to help my wallet.
What was your life-changing moment?
And how did it change your life? Everywhere I go, I here about people who decided to get their life back in order when there grandmother died of obesity... or guys who decide to give up bad habits (smoking... drinking) with the arrival of the unexpected daughter. Do you have a life-changing moment?|||I haven%26#039;t reached that point yet, but when I was born it was pretty life-changing :) does it count if I don%26#039;t remember it?
What was a life changing experience for you? How did it change you/your life? How did it affect others?
I didn麓t aprove college exam...
Therefore I had to start working...|||When my grandma who I was very close too died a few yrs back. It was so sudden and it realy showed me how short life is and how it can be taken from you just like that. You would never see it coming just like I didnt see her death coming. It taught me to surround myself by loved ones and not take things for granted.|||When my dad died. I had moved away and been living in a new state for a couple of years. When I came back home, for the services, and to be with family -- I started coming back to visit old friends I%26#039;d seen while home....and gradually I ended up coming back home for good when I fell in love with somebody I eventually wound up with for the next seven years.
I never should have moved back to my home state. I had started a new life, and I should have stuck to it.|||Ya pick one out of the hundreds... ive been through the worst **** and im not even 19 yet (hopefully it%26#039;s all outve the way yeah?)
most depressing was friend since we were 1 died
u could imagine how that went through for me
Lucky im alive after i went to his wake and saw open casket... thx for bringin back the depressing thoughts|||When I moved; I changed myself too; I%26#039;m no longer around the people i once was so yeah|||When my friend almost died, A kid i knew just died recently and when some people i was close with stopped talking to me..Realized how crazy life is|||the biggest life changing expeirance for me was when i was kidnapped at the zoo. I was missing for 3 days, i don%26#039;t want to talk about what happend in those 3 days but it has changed me forever, i am no longer the same person. I do not go to the zoo, i no longer trust men, and i lost a lot of friends.|||when i learned that i had 2 herniated discs at 13. it changed my life cause i literally cannot do things i use to do - i can%26#039;t run, jump, pretty much any physical activity i cannot do cept walk or swim. i can never go to sleepovers anymore, and i can%26#039;t go shopping for more than 30-40 minutes cause my back will ache and my legs will start to hurt (sciatica). it affected my parents in an enormous way, during that period i could not walk or do anything, i was really weak cause i couldn%26#039;t sit up to eat, all i did was lie in bed and move my head and arms. for other people it%26#039;s not as bad as it was for me - mine was probably the worst ever. my parents were heartbroken and they felt guilty they couldn%26#039;t do anything for me, they always saw me in pain and they hated it. but i%26#039;m better now and i%26#039;ve gotten really close to my parents, i%26#039;ve learned a lot and even though i still have the herniations, i%26#039;ve adapted living with them to everything i do so i%26#039;m alright :)|||i accepted i had a drug and alcohol problem so after a couple tries and the right anti-depressants today i have 11 yrs. of sobriety and i realized the peace i was looking for was not at the bottom of a bottle of booze, a bag or on a mirror. the way it affects others is i%26#039;m not driving around trashed anymore taking my life and the lives of others for granted by driving intoxicated to the hilt. =)|||I went to a party and a guy gave me some alchohal, took me took his house (sort of kidnapped) and I got raped
I almost got pregnant and I didn%26#039;t tell anyone.
I had a secret abortion and told my parents afterwords.
The rapist never got caught until 5 weeks ago
The person was my enemy%26#039;s boyfriend she probably made him do that to ruin my life
Now after that it changed me because I used to think that life, is just a easything, born, go to college, get married and so on. But now I think Differnt ly.
I think of the dangers of the world
When I go some where I feel the feeling that Im not safe now.
But thats how life is, its not safe
You gotta deal with it!
Therefore I had to start working...|||When my grandma who I was very close too died a few yrs back. It was so sudden and it realy showed me how short life is and how it can be taken from you just like that. You would never see it coming just like I didnt see her death coming. It taught me to surround myself by loved ones and not take things for granted.|||When my dad died. I had moved away and been living in a new state for a couple of years. When I came back home, for the services, and to be with family -- I started coming back to visit old friends I%26#039;d seen while home....and gradually I ended up coming back home for good when I fell in love with somebody I eventually wound up with for the next seven years.
I never should have moved back to my home state. I had started a new life, and I should have stuck to it.|||Ya pick one out of the hundreds... ive been through the worst **** and im not even 19 yet (hopefully it%26#039;s all outve the way yeah?)
most depressing was friend since we were 1 died
u could imagine how that went through for me
Lucky im alive after i went to his wake and saw open casket... thx for bringin back the depressing thoughts|||When I moved; I changed myself too; I%26#039;m no longer around the people i once was so yeah|||When my friend almost died, A kid i knew just died recently and when some people i was close with stopped talking to me..Realized how crazy life is|||the biggest life changing expeirance for me was when i was kidnapped at the zoo. I was missing for 3 days, i don%26#039;t want to talk about what happend in those 3 days but it has changed me forever, i am no longer the same person. I do not go to the zoo, i no longer trust men, and i lost a lot of friends.|||when i learned that i had 2 herniated discs at 13. it changed my life cause i literally cannot do things i use to do - i can%26#039;t run, jump, pretty much any physical activity i cannot do cept walk or swim. i can never go to sleepovers anymore, and i can%26#039;t go shopping for more than 30-40 minutes cause my back will ache and my legs will start to hurt (sciatica). it affected my parents in an enormous way, during that period i could not walk or do anything, i was really weak cause i couldn%26#039;t sit up to eat, all i did was lie in bed and move my head and arms. for other people it%26#039;s not as bad as it was for me - mine was probably the worst ever. my parents were heartbroken and they felt guilty they couldn%26#039;t do anything for me, they always saw me in pain and they hated it. but i%26#039;m better now and i%26#039;ve gotten really close to my parents, i%26#039;ve learned a lot and even though i still have the herniations, i%26#039;ve adapted living with them to everything i do so i%26#039;m alright :)|||i accepted i had a drug and alcohol problem so after a couple tries and the right anti-depressants today i have 11 yrs. of sobriety and i realized the peace i was looking for was not at the bottom of a bottle of booze, a bag or on a mirror. the way it affects others is i%26#039;m not driving around trashed anymore taking my life and the lives of others for granted by driving intoxicated to the hilt. =)|||I went to a party and a guy gave me some alchohal, took me took his house (sort of kidnapped) and I got raped
I almost got pregnant and I didn%26#039;t tell anyone.
I had a secret abortion and told my parents afterwords.
The rapist never got caught until 5 weeks ago
The person was my enemy%26#039;s boyfriend she probably made him do that to ruin my life
Now after that it changed me because I used to think that life, is just a easything, born, go to college, get married and so on. But now I think Differnt ly.
I think of the dangers of the world
When I go some where I feel the feeling that Im not safe now.
But thats how life is, its not safe
You gotta deal with it!
How do you go about changing your life?
any advice from ppl who have made a big turn around,dropped bad habits and got out of a rut.|||First decide what you want out of life then take steps to make it happen. Just sitting thinking about it will achieve nothing and you will be in the same chair, thinking the same thoughts, in a years time.|||Work to live
Don%26#039;t live to work|||Move area new job|||Buy a gun|||have you looked into the air force reserves or air nat%26#039;l guard?|||Well I was in a right rut and after months of thinking I decided that if I wanted my life to change I had to do something as nothing would change if I left things as they were. I went to the doctor and got medication for depression - that was the first step. I then thought about exactly what i needed to do to change my life. For me this was moving back home. for you it might be going back to college. In the end the sooner you make the effort to change your life, the sooner things will change. If you don%26#039;t make the change, your life will continue as is. that%26#039;s your choice. Do you want to change, or carry on as you are?|||I still have alot of big changes to make but to start off I write out and oath to myself promising to change the things that I can and every morning I remind myself of what I need to do to get to where I want to be..I made and oath to become more responsible and Ive had a job for 2months even though many people thought I couldnt handle it,Ive been going to school and not skipping/ditching AND! doing any work now I went from fs and ds to as cs and bs and am on my last year of higschool of to college soon which was something I thought I%26#039;d never ever go to but I think Ive changed alot and have higher standards for myself..anyways I hope this helps atleast a little lol and dont give up on yourself! whatever you want to change the power is in your hands,just dont let anything anyone including yourself hold you back! Take Care =P|||You must first believe that you can change. Then, you just do it. I need help from God, most people do. Otherwise change is very difficult as well as believing you can change.|||the only way you can do it is by doing it yourself, by getting back in control of your life and feelings and make yourself happy no one will do that for you and in my experience people will always let you down weather they mean to or not.|||Move to a new place and start again.|||Its a bit radical but you could die,joking.Pick what you can change,then what you think you can change,then hope for the best,good luck.|||sit back. take stock of your life. if you don%26#039;t like what you see......change it!
suzyque
Don%26#039;t live to work|||Move area new job|||Buy a gun|||have you looked into the air force reserves or air nat%26#039;l guard?|||Well I was in a right rut and after months of thinking I decided that if I wanted my life to change I had to do something as nothing would change if I left things as they were. I went to the doctor and got medication for depression - that was the first step. I then thought about exactly what i needed to do to change my life. For me this was moving back home. for you it might be going back to college. In the end the sooner you make the effort to change your life, the sooner things will change. If you don%26#039;t make the change, your life will continue as is. that%26#039;s your choice. Do you want to change, or carry on as you are?|||I still have alot of big changes to make but to start off I write out and oath to myself promising to change the things that I can and every morning I remind myself of what I need to do to get to where I want to be..I made and oath to become more responsible and Ive had a job for 2months even though many people thought I couldnt handle it,Ive been going to school and not skipping/ditching AND! doing any work now I went from fs and ds to as cs and bs and am on my last year of higschool of to college soon which was something I thought I%26#039;d never ever go to but I think Ive changed alot and have higher standards for myself..anyways I hope this helps atleast a little lol and dont give up on yourself! whatever you want to change the power is in your hands,just dont let anything anyone including yourself hold you back! Take Care =P|||You must first believe that you can change. Then, you just do it. I need help from God, most people do. Otherwise change is very difficult as well as believing you can change.|||the only way you can do it is by doing it yourself, by getting back in control of your life and feelings and make yourself happy no one will do that for you and in my experience people will always let you down weather they mean to or not.|||Move to a new place and start again.|||Its a bit radical but you could die,joking.Pick what you can change,then what you think you can change,then hope for the best,good luck.|||sit back. take stock of your life. if you don%26#039;t like what you see......change it!
suzyque
Songs about important people in your life changing?
Over the summer everyone i know has changed. All my friends, my familiy, and even adults who have known me since i was three or four. Do you know any songs that apply to this situation?|||none i know none but it happens to evrypne
Whats the best way to start changing your life?
I%26#039;m tired of me.....|||Go to the book store or library and pick up a book that you wouldn%26#039;t ordinarily read.
Change your diet (for the better).
Go to the gym. If you already go, go more often.
Listen to a different type of music or talk radio than you usually do.
Style your hair differently.|||Well everyone gets in a rut. I%26#039;d say try a small step at a time . Try a new hobby, a new outing, read a book, take a small vacation. Start an exercise regime, etc. It%26#039;s too overwhelming to look at the whole big picture if you are frustrated with yourself or your life. Baby steps is much better and will keep things in perspective..good luck!|||Do things you don%26#039;t usually do.
Stop doing things you usually do.
Simple, but you might not like the results.|||Ok I think your depress not trying to be mean though sorry if it sounds like that and also maybe you should do what your not doing right now and if you really want someone to answer this you need to list what you do right now. Hope I helped in some way?|||Anyone can change their life if they choose to. Ask yourself if you are willing to do the steps to get there. Pretend you are who you want to be and you will become. You have to create a new history. As Dr. Phil would say.|||meet new people, get a change in clothes, new attitude, maybe hit the gym and excerise(that boosts the %26quot;happyness%26quot; in your brain)|||Go regularly to a good church and listen and participate in the activities.
Change your diet (for the better).
Go to the gym. If you already go, go more often.
Listen to a different type of music or talk radio than you usually do.
Style your hair differently.|||Well everyone gets in a rut. I%26#039;d say try a small step at a time . Try a new hobby, a new outing, read a book, take a small vacation. Start an exercise regime, etc. It%26#039;s too overwhelming to look at the whole big picture if you are frustrated with yourself or your life. Baby steps is much better and will keep things in perspective..good luck!|||Do things you don%26#039;t usually do.
Stop doing things you usually do.
Simple, but you might not like the results.|||Ok I think your depress not trying to be mean though sorry if it sounds like that and also maybe you should do what your not doing right now and if you really want someone to answer this you need to list what you do right now. Hope I helped in some way?|||Anyone can change their life if they choose to. Ask yourself if you are willing to do the steps to get there. Pretend you are who you want to be and you will become. You have to create a new history. As Dr. Phil would say.|||meet new people, get a change in clothes, new attitude, maybe hit the gym and excerise(that boosts the %26quot;happyness%26quot; in your brain)|||Go regularly to a good church and listen and participate in the activities.
Do you remember the person(s) who has influenced you in changing your life, in a good or a bad way.?
It could%26#039;ve been be a teacher, an authour, a friend.... They may have gave you the push you needed to find meaning in life, or the push you needed to take a wrong turn.|||my mum has always influenced me in a good way , always encouraged me to better my life , helped me when ive been low , always helped me to have the confidence to go to college and then university when i should have gone when i was younger. She makes me think anythings possible .|||oh yes....I never forget the person who has done so much damage...all the time...because you will suffer for ever....well most of the time|||yep we all want everyone to be like%26quot;me%26quot;
What are your favorite scriptures for changing your life?
What changed my life was realizing the %26quot;scriptures%26quot; weren%26#039;t true.|||God the Father is so good, giving Jesus and Holy Spirit to guide me...to live this life...I have peace from Him!
Praise the Lord always!
John 14 (Contemporary English Version) - Biblegateway.com
John 14
Jesus Is the Way to the Father
1Jesus said to his disciples, %26quot;Don%26#039;t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me. [a] 2There are many rooms in my Father%26#039;s house. I wouldn%26#039;t tell you this, unless it was true. I am going there to prepare a place for each of you. 3After I have done this, I will come back and take you with me. Then we will be together. 4You know the way to where I am going.%26quot; 5Thomas said, %26quot;Lord, we don%26#039;t even know where you are going! How can we know the way?%26quot;
6%26quot;I am the way, the truth, and the life!%26quot; Jesus answered. %26quot;Without me, no one can go to the Father. 7If you had known me, you would have known the Father. But from now on, you do know him, and you have seen him.%26quot;
8Philip said, %26quot;Lord, show us the Father. That is all we need.%26quot;
9Jesus replied:
Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don%26#039;t you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father? 10Don%26#039;t you believe that I am one with the Father and that the Father is one with me? What I say isn%26#039;t said on my own. The Father who lives in me does these things.
11Have faith in me when I say that the Father is one with me and that I am one with the Father. Or else have faith in me simply because of the things I do. 12I tell you for certain that if you have faith in me, you will do the same things that I am doing. You will do even greater things, now that I am going back to the Father. 13Ask me, and I will do whatever you ask. This way the Son will bring honor to the Father. 14I will do whatever you ask me to do.
The Holy Spirit Is Promised
15Jesus said to his disciples:
If you love me, you will do as I command. 16Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help [b] you and always be with you. 17The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don%26#039;t see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you. 18I won%26#039;t leave you like orphans. I will come back to you. 19In a little while the people of this world won%26#039;t be able to see me, but you will see me. And because I live, you will live. 20Then you will know that I am one with the Father. You will know that you are one with me, and I am one with you. 21If you love me, you will do what I have said, and my Father will love you. I will also love you and show you what I am like.|||Here are some Scriptures of our new life:
2 Corinthian 5:16,17 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Ephesians 4:20-24 But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off concerning your conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in righteousness and true holiness.
Colossians 2:6,7 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the LORD so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
God bless you|||Phil. 4:6,7 %26quot;Don%26#039;t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then, you will experience God%26#039;s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.%26quot;
Galatians 5:6 (b) %26quot;What is important is faith expressing itself in love.%26quot;
First Corinthians 13:3 in The Message translation %26quot;If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don%26#039;t love, I%26#039;ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I%26#039;m bankrupt without love.%26quot;
First John 4:16 %26quot;God is love.%26quot;
Proverbs 9:10 %26quot;Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.%26quot;
Praise the Lord always!
John 14 (Contemporary English Version) - Biblegateway.com
John 14
Jesus Is the Way to the Father
1Jesus said to his disciples, %26quot;Don%26#039;t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me. [a] 2There are many rooms in my Father%26#039;s house. I wouldn%26#039;t tell you this, unless it was true. I am going there to prepare a place for each of you. 3After I have done this, I will come back and take you with me. Then we will be together. 4You know the way to where I am going.%26quot; 5Thomas said, %26quot;Lord, we don%26#039;t even know where you are going! How can we know the way?%26quot;
6%26quot;I am the way, the truth, and the life!%26quot; Jesus answered. %26quot;Without me, no one can go to the Father. 7If you had known me, you would have known the Father. But from now on, you do know him, and you have seen him.%26quot;
8Philip said, %26quot;Lord, show us the Father. That is all we need.%26quot;
9Jesus replied:
Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don%26#039;t you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father? 10Don%26#039;t you believe that I am one with the Father and that the Father is one with me? What I say isn%26#039;t said on my own. The Father who lives in me does these things.
11Have faith in me when I say that the Father is one with me and that I am one with the Father. Or else have faith in me simply because of the things I do. 12I tell you for certain that if you have faith in me, you will do the same things that I am doing. You will do even greater things, now that I am going back to the Father. 13Ask me, and I will do whatever you ask. This way the Son will bring honor to the Father. 14I will do whatever you ask me to do.
The Holy Spirit Is Promised
15Jesus said to his disciples:
If you love me, you will do as I command. 16Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help [b] you and always be with you. 17The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don%26#039;t see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you. 18I won%26#039;t leave you like orphans. I will come back to you. 19In a little while the people of this world won%26#039;t be able to see me, but you will see me. And because I live, you will live. 20Then you will know that I am one with the Father. You will know that you are one with me, and I am one with you. 21If you love me, you will do what I have said, and my Father will love you. I will also love you and show you what I am like.|||Here are some Scriptures of our new life:
2 Corinthian 5:16,17 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Ephesians 4:20-24 But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off concerning your conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in righteousness and true holiness.
Colossians 2:6,7 As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the LORD so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
God bless you|||Phil. 4:6,7 %26quot;Don%26#039;t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then, you will experience God%26#039;s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.%26quot;
Galatians 5:6 (b) %26quot;What is important is faith expressing itself in love.%26quot;
First Corinthians 13:3 in The Message translation %26quot;If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don%26#039;t love, I%26#039;ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I%26#039;m bankrupt without love.%26quot;
First John 4:16 %26quot;God is love.%26quot;
Proverbs 9:10 %26quot;Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.%26quot;
How do you go about changing your attitutude about life?
I%26#039;ve been feeling negative about things. I can%26#039;t seem to change this mindset. Are there any techniques to improve your mood, attitude and state of happiness? I figure life is way too short to feel down so much.|||whenever you are feeling particularly down, try thinking of the things in life for which you are grateful. i watched this movie the other day about just this sort of thing.(called %26quot;the secret%26quot; you should maybe look it up). this guy kept a rock in his pocket at all times and whenever he saw/felt it he thought about the things in life he really appreciated. try that. the most important thing to do is to stop these emotions as they are happening. whenever someone pisses you off, breath for a minute, let it go. realize that this is a small part of what could ultimately be a great day. it takes some time to calm yourself down and to recognize that you are in your funk, but in time, if you really want to change, you will.|||You%26#039;re yourself. You really have to just do it.|||you only really get one chance. One life. and thats it. Of course you dont want to remember it with sadness or lost hope. Its good to be that way though, SOMETIMES.
Here%26#039;s what i do.
be grateful for everything.
thank God [if you believe in him] for everyday you wake up and theres not a gun pointed at your face, or youve just been robbed.
Give a stranger an unexpected smile.
Sing a song from your childhood.
Pick up a random flower and smell it.
See the good in the bad..
always hope that theres something better out there.
a cup is half full more than it can be half empty.
i hope this is making sense.
Talk to someone who can make you laugh and smile.
=D i have a best friend that can make you laugh at eveything so i spend most of the time talking to him.
Hope i helped. best of luck.|||You already are on your way to change it since you realize it, good for you|||Try this. I am planning on trademarking this saying. %26quot;Hope for the best and expect the worst.%26quot; It means that there is a positive and negative side to everything. You must see both sides and remain balanced in order to function properly.|||Never mind what your mind feels at the moment - but do try to work out what is troubling you in your heart. The heart reacts to stimulus and the rate of heartbeat will determine the degree and intensity pumped to produce chemical release of emotional responses in brain. Neutralise head thoughts with mantra of random nothing sounds like 0010010100111 etc. This will give the heart a chance to stabilise from the negative feedback in the brain and the you can work on making it feel happier.|||Change is the nature of life. Even perspective moves in circles.|||Yes...I changed mine for the better...and it works...
Choice: You%26#039;re %26quot;choosing%26quot; to feel negative by %26quot;choosing%26quot; to feel negative...you%26#039;re %26quot;focusing%26quot; on negative sides to everything...
I stopped reading about Iraq killings everyday, and started reading only humorous or %26quot;fun%26quot; things...helped a lot with my %26quot;attitude...%26quot;
I watch The Comedy Channel diligently everyday...The Discovery Channel, and I read humor books, humorous authors, humorous movies, humorous music, humor everything...
You can choose positive or negative...Why are you choosing %26quot;negative?%26quot; There%26#039;s a humorous side to everything...at my grandmother%26#039;s funeral, instead of being gloomy about her death, we joked about how %26quot;fun%26quot; she was when she lived...We focused on the %26quot;positive...%26quot; It can be done...but it takes a greater effort to focus on the positive...our default state as mortally doomed lifeforms is %26quot;negative...%26quot; %26quot;Positive%26quot; takes a major effort...If you don%26#039;t extend an %26quot;effort%26quot; toward that goal...the default state of %26quot;negative%26quot; will take over your life...speaking from experience, here...not reciting out of some self-help manual...
Trust me...deliberately make it a point to %26quot;choose%26quot; positive things...
And you attitude will change for the better in no time...(I%26#039;m not suggesting to be %26quot;Susie Sunshine%26quot; all the time, I%26#039;m suggesting to...
Stop being %26quot;Polly Party-Pooper%26quot; all the time...get it?!?
Good...now lets You and I, get it on, baby! (LOL...but you see my last sentence is an example of %26quot;spinning%26quot; things in the right direction)|||Change your attitude, change your life.
Life is hard. Life is Difficult. Life is Pain. Life is Loss
Les a le%26#039; bon temps roule%26#039;
Let the good times role|||Before you start commenting on something take 5 minutes think it over, then maybe you will have a different out look on it.
Try consurning with things that just effect you and you alone, not work, or people in you neighborhood.
Write yourself notes and leave them places you will find them.. %26quot;today is a good day to be happy.%26quot; %26quot;today I will think of only good things to think about%26#039; %26quot;today no one will make me unhappy%26#039;. Things like that..|||Yes, there is always a way around things, in your case, just be aware of your negative thought/atitutudes. Just remember, no matter what happens, life goes on; if you had a choice (and trust me you do) why not live your life positively; be aware of those negative liquid thoughts and stop them in their tracks be4 they flood your mind!|||yes. go to a mall alone, spend time to yourself going to some %26quot;natures,%26quot; and love yourself|||This is very simple.
Stop trying.
Start beginning.
Feel every emotion and experience everything.|||Hi.
There are many different ways to go about changing your attitudes about life.
Some ways are simple ways, and some ways take hard work. Some ways can help change things quickly, while other ways may take a long time before you see any real changes.
If you are going through a phase where things seem up in the air, %26amp; you feel lost, sometimes this short prayer helped me a lot: it is called The Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
A friend who went to a 12-step program gave me that prayer, and it does help me focus on things more clearly. I use it to this day.
Sometimes, we get stuck %26amp; our emotions are a bit overwhelmed. Then it is often helpful to go to therapy to work things out. It may be short-term therapy, or it may require a lengthy amount time. But you can gain much insight into why you are feeling the way you do, at this time of your life.
At other times, keeping a journal is very helpful. It allows you to spend time thinking about how %26amp; why you feel the way you do. You can allow your thoughts to flow freely %26amp; sort out what feelings are truly based on reality %26amp; which are just emotions. Feelings aren%26#039;t facts.
Another helpful way to work things out is to use meditation. It allows you to get completely relaxed. Then you can try to talk to yourself about how you feel. Then, try to clear your mind %26amp; just let your thoughts %26amp; feelings flow through you. Don%26#039;t worry if you keep thinking at first; it takes practice to stop trying to %26quot;figure out%26quot; what%26#039;s going on.
One type of philosophy asserts that life is suffering, %26amp; that all suffering comes froms our desires. Stop desiring things, %26amp; the suffering will end. To an extent, I agree with this, but not totally.
I did stop desiring things that would make me look better in the eyes of other people 鈥?that did bring me peace. Once I started living for myself, I felt content. Also, when I stopped looking outside of myself for things to make me feel fulfilled, I also felt more peace.
True harmony can only come from inside you. If you are looking for things outside you, for example, a man in your lifr to %26quot;complete%26quot; you, or a fancier job, you won%26#039;t feel any better. I do not mean to imply that you ARE doing these things; I only mean IF you are. You don%26#039;t indicate any of that in your question, so I would guess you are not doing those things.
For me, what helps the most, is my strong belief in God. I am a Christian, although I certainly respect %26amp; love those who are not. I%26#039;m not saying you should believe what I do; I am merely sharing what I believe in, what brings me peace.
I start %26amp; end my day with both prayer %26amp; meditation. This fills me with a strong sense of peace %26amp; allows me to go through the day feeling that peace.
Having a pet also alters my state of mind. I have 2 cats, and they bring me great joy. I love them so much, and they love me, unconditionally.
Another way to help improve both your mood %26amp; attitude is to do volunteer work. It doesn%26#039;t need to take much time out of your week. I worked full-time, plus I went to college after work %26amp; on Saturdays. However, I always made sure that I had some type of volunteer work. This allowed me to step out of my own life/mind %26amp; think %26amp; focus on others who were needing help.
Altruism is never completely altruistic, %26amp; that%26#039;s OK. When the intent is to help others, it%26#039;s certainly OK to feel good about it. How could someone not?
I once worked as a Reader to people who were blind. This only took up 2 hours of my week, but I DID help people. I DID stop dwelling on myself as much, %26amp; I DID feel good about it. There were many different volunteer jobs over the years, but I always made sure I had one. Except for the one I mentioned, most volunteer work requires 4 hours a week 鈥?certainly not too much, even with a busy schedule.
The last thing I wanted to mention was your state of happiness. When I became truly content in life was about 1987-88, when I realized the Truth. I realized my mistake was in TRYING to be HAPPY all the time. It isn%26#039;t possible!
What I realized was that life was like an imaginery straight line called Contentment. THAT was where I needed to be! Along this line (life), there were peaks of Happiness that I could take great pleasure in. There were also these valleys of Sadness that I had to deal with. However, these peaks %26amp; valleys were always transient, fleeting. After experiencing them, I would return to the line of contentment that was life. I hope this makes sense to you.
Anyway, I have given you many ideas, some of which may be right for you, while others may not be. I hope I have offered you some help. You are right...life IS way too short to feel down so much.
I wish you the best of luck, %26amp; I wish you contentment, with many peaks %26amp; few valleys.
Peace.
Here%26#039;s what i do.
be grateful for everything.
thank God [if you believe in him] for everyday you wake up and theres not a gun pointed at your face, or youve just been robbed.
Give a stranger an unexpected smile.
Sing a song from your childhood.
Pick up a random flower and smell it.
See the good in the bad..
always hope that theres something better out there.
a cup is half full more than it can be half empty.
i hope this is making sense.
Talk to someone who can make you laugh and smile.
=D i have a best friend that can make you laugh at eveything so i spend most of the time talking to him.
Hope i helped. best of luck.|||You already are on your way to change it since you realize it, good for you|||Try this. I am planning on trademarking this saying. %26quot;Hope for the best and expect the worst.%26quot; It means that there is a positive and negative side to everything. You must see both sides and remain balanced in order to function properly.|||Never mind what your mind feels at the moment - but do try to work out what is troubling you in your heart. The heart reacts to stimulus and the rate of heartbeat will determine the degree and intensity pumped to produce chemical release of emotional responses in brain. Neutralise head thoughts with mantra of random nothing sounds like 0010010100111 etc. This will give the heart a chance to stabilise from the negative feedback in the brain and the you can work on making it feel happier.|||Change is the nature of life. Even perspective moves in circles.|||Yes...I changed mine for the better...and it works...
Choice: You%26#039;re %26quot;choosing%26quot; to feel negative by %26quot;choosing%26quot; to feel negative...you%26#039;re %26quot;focusing%26quot; on negative sides to everything...
I stopped reading about Iraq killings everyday, and started reading only humorous or %26quot;fun%26quot; things...helped a lot with my %26quot;attitude...%26quot;
I watch The Comedy Channel diligently everyday...The Discovery Channel, and I read humor books, humorous authors, humorous movies, humorous music, humor everything...
You can choose positive or negative...Why are you choosing %26quot;negative?%26quot; There%26#039;s a humorous side to everything...at my grandmother%26#039;s funeral, instead of being gloomy about her death, we joked about how %26quot;fun%26quot; she was when she lived...We focused on the %26quot;positive...%26quot; It can be done...but it takes a greater effort to focus on the positive...our default state as mortally doomed lifeforms is %26quot;negative...%26quot; %26quot;Positive%26quot; takes a major effort...If you don%26#039;t extend an %26quot;effort%26quot; toward that goal...the default state of %26quot;negative%26quot; will take over your life...speaking from experience, here...not reciting out of some self-help manual...
Trust me...deliberately make it a point to %26quot;choose%26quot; positive things...
And you attitude will change for the better in no time...(I%26#039;m not suggesting to be %26quot;Susie Sunshine%26quot; all the time, I%26#039;m suggesting to...
Stop being %26quot;Polly Party-Pooper%26quot; all the time...get it?!?
Good...now lets You and I, get it on, baby! (LOL...but you see my last sentence is an example of %26quot;spinning%26quot; things in the right direction)|||Change your attitude, change your life.
Life is hard. Life is Difficult. Life is Pain. Life is Loss
Les a le%26#039; bon temps roule%26#039;
Let the good times role|||Before you start commenting on something take 5 minutes think it over, then maybe you will have a different out look on it.
Try consurning with things that just effect you and you alone, not work, or people in you neighborhood.
Write yourself notes and leave them places you will find them.. %26quot;today is a good day to be happy.%26quot; %26quot;today I will think of only good things to think about%26#039; %26quot;today no one will make me unhappy%26#039;. Things like that..|||Yes, there is always a way around things, in your case, just be aware of your negative thought/atitutudes. Just remember, no matter what happens, life goes on; if you had a choice (and trust me you do) why not live your life positively; be aware of those negative liquid thoughts and stop them in their tracks be4 they flood your mind!|||yes. go to a mall alone, spend time to yourself going to some %26quot;natures,%26quot; and love yourself|||This is very simple.
Stop trying.
Start beginning.
Feel every emotion and experience everything.|||Hi.
There are many different ways to go about changing your attitudes about life.
Some ways are simple ways, and some ways take hard work. Some ways can help change things quickly, while other ways may take a long time before you see any real changes.
If you are going through a phase where things seem up in the air, %26amp; you feel lost, sometimes this short prayer helped me a lot: it is called The Serenity Prayer:
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
A friend who went to a 12-step program gave me that prayer, and it does help me focus on things more clearly. I use it to this day.
Sometimes, we get stuck %26amp; our emotions are a bit overwhelmed. Then it is often helpful to go to therapy to work things out. It may be short-term therapy, or it may require a lengthy amount time. But you can gain much insight into why you are feeling the way you do, at this time of your life.
At other times, keeping a journal is very helpful. It allows you to spend time thinking about how %26amp; why you feel the way you do. You can allow your thoughts to flow freely %26amp; sort out what feelings are truly based on reality %26amp; which are just emotions. Feelings aren%26#039;t facts.
Another helpful way to work things out is to use meditation. It allows you to get completely relaxed. Then you can try to talk to yourself about how you feel. Then, try to clear your mind %26amp; just let your thoughts %26amp; feelings flow through you. Don%26#039;t worry if you keep thinking at first; it takes practice to stop trying to %26quot;figure out%26quot; what%26#039;s going on.
One type of philosophy asserts that life is suffering, %26amp; that all suffering comes froms our desires. Stop desiring things, %26amp; the suffering will end. To an extent, I agree with this, but not totally.
I did stop desiring things that would make me look better in the eyes of other people 鈥?that did bring me peace. Once I started living for myself, I felt content. Also, when I stopped looking outside of myself for things to make me feel fulfilled, I also felt more peace.
True harmony can only come from inside you. If you are looking for things outside you, for example, a man in your lifr to %26quot;complete%26quot; you, or a fancier job, you won%26#039;t feel any better. I do not mean to imply that you ARE doing these things; I only mean IF you are. You don%26#039;t indicate any of that in your question, so I would guess you are not doing those things.
For me, what helps the most, is my strong belief in God. I am a Christian, although I certainly respect %26amp; love those who are not. I%26#039;m not saying you should believe what I do; I am merely sharing what I believe in, what brings me peace.
I start %26amp; end my day with both prayer %26amp; meditation. This fills me with a strong sense of peace %26amp; allows me to go through the day feeling that peace.
Having a pet also alters my state of mind. I have 2 cats, and they bring me great joy. I love them so much, and they love me, unconditionally.
Another way to help improve both your mood %26amp; attitude is to do volunteer work. It doesn%26#039;t need to take much time out of your week. I worked full-time, plus I went to college after work %26amp; on Saturdays. However, I always made sure that I had some type of volunteer work. This allowed me to step out of my own life/mind %26amp; think %26amp; focus on others who were needing help.
Altruism is never completely altruistic, %26amp; that%26#039;s OK. When the intent is to help others, it%26#039;s certainly OK to feel good about it. How could someone not?
I once worked as a Reader to people who were blind. This only took up 2 hours of my week, but I DID help people. I DID stop dwelling on myself as much, %26amp; I DID feel good about it. There were many different volunteer jobs over the years, but I always made sure I had one. Except for the one I mentioned, most volunteer work requires 4 hours a week 鈥?certainly not too much, even with a busy schedule.
The last thing I wanted to mention was your state of happiness. When I became truly content in life was about 1987-88, when I realized the Truth. I realized my mistake was in TRYING to be HAPPY all the time. It isn%26#039;t possible!
What I realized was that life was like an imaginery straight line called Contentment. THAT was where I needed to be! Along this line (life), there were peaks of Happiness that I could take great pleasure in. There were also these valleys of Sadness that I had to deal with. However, these peaks %26amp; valleys were always transient, fleeting. After experiencing them, I would return to the line of contentment that was life. I hope this makes sense to you.
Anyway, I have given you many ideas, some of which may be right for you, while others may not be. I hope I have offered you some help. You are right...life IS way too short to feel down so much.
I wish you the best of luck, %26amp; I wish you contentment, with many peaks %26amp; few valleys.
Peace.
Is it worth changing your whole life for one person?
Is it worth changing your lifestyle and everything about you just to spend time with the girl you love?|||that%26#039;s what love is all about, being able to compromise certain ideals that you once would never have in order to make a relationship work. You definitely should never have to change your whole life or the person that are in order to be with the one you love. But, your perspective of certain things might change and start to coincide with that person.|||No.|||no just no|||i%26#039;ve done it for the guy i love..|||If you love a girl that much she is one lucky girl. You shoudln%26#039;t have to change your whole llife for her though. If she loves you as much as you love her she%26#039;ll be fine with the whole idea of you being you and not changing entirely.|||no because you should be able to be who you are and still do and like the things you want to
you shouldnt change everything just for one girl
and if you really love her you should tell change your schedule or something to spend more time with her.|||depends on the person : )|||well it depdnds. on whether it is worth it to you. what is most important to you. but you really can%26#039;t change everything about yourself for very long. the real you will show up. if you are married then you have to adapt to each other to stay together, you have to move where their job is or whatever when things change. you don%26#039;t say how old you are or what exacty you mean. but the big question is can you really do it and is it worth it to you?|||That%26#039;s a tough question, and only you can answer that.
I%26#039;ve been there and I was willing to because I adored him. He was everything to me. But now looking back, no. You need to look out for yourself..
But hey, if you two really love eachother, then go for it. It%26#039;s very romantic that%26#039;s for sure. %26lt;3
And life is about taking risks! :)
Good luck!|||You shouldn%26#039;t have to change anything about yourself or your lifestyle to spend time with the girl you love. If she doesn%26#039;t accept you as you are, then she is really not worth having. Don%26#039;t change yourself just to make someone else happy. If they really love you, they%26#039;ll accept you just the way you are. Hope this helps!|||no|||no I don%26#039;t think so. One day you make tried of it, and you may want a change. Life is short, just do what makes you happy. You are always first.|||No !
it doesn%26#039;t depend on anything, you wont%26#039; be yourself and living your life to always trying to please someone else is a complete waste of your time.|||No, there is no point. Think of everything that you would be loosing and the little bit that you would be gaining. |||if u really do love her and u thing it is the right think 2 do then go head i think ur doing the right thing|||you might as well, when you get married she will change everything about you. look at your dad, do you think he was always like that? no, once he was wild and free.
your lifestyle may need changing. i kno w mine did.
|||Everyone says no, but my boyfriend has lessened his involvement in other things to spend time with me. If a girl says %26quot;Quit doing this so you will have more time for me%26quot; that is no okay. But so what if you decide that spending time with her makes you happier than going out to a club every night or whatever you used to do. There%26#039;s no rule against changing what you want to do and who you want to spend time with.
Keep in mind though, if this isn%26#039;t a serious relationship, and it ends, you are going to really regret missing out on spending time doing those things.
I guess devoting your life to your partner is only a good idea if it is a serious relationship.
you shouldnt change everything just for one girl
and if you really love her you should tell change your schedule or something to spend more time with her.|||depends on the person : )|||well it depdnds. on whether it is worth it to you. what is most important to you. but you really can%26#039;t change everything about yourself for very long. the real you will show up. if you are married then you have to adapt to each other to stay together, you have to move where their job is or whatever when things change. you don%26#039;t say how old you are or what exacty you mean. but the big question is can you really do it and is it worth it to you?|||That%26#039;s a tough question, and only you can answer that.
I%26#039;ve been there and I was willing to because I adored him. He was everything to me. But now looking back, no. You need to look out for yourself..
But hey, if you two really love eachother, then go for it. It%26#039;s very romantic that%26#039;s for sure. %26lt;3
And life is about taking risks! :)
Good luck!|||You shouldn%26#039;t have to change anything about yourself or your lifestyle to spend time with the girl you love. If she doesn%26#039;t accept you as you are, then she is really not worth having. Don%26#039;t change yourself just to make someone else happy. If they really love you, they%26#039;ll accept you just the way you are. Hope this helps!|||no|||no I don%26#039;t think so. One day you make tried of it, and you may want a change. Life is short, just do what makes you happy. You are always first.|||No !
it doesn%26#039;t depend on anything, you wont%26#039; be yourself and living your life to always trying to please someone else is a complete waste of your time.|||No, there is no point. Think of everything that you would be loosing and the little bit that you would be gaining. |||if u really do love her and u thing it is the right think 2 do then go head i think ur doing the right thing|||you might as well, when you get married she will change everything about you. look at your dad, do you think he was always like that? no, once he was wild and free.
your lifestyle may need changing. i kno w mine did.
|||Everyone says no, but my boyfriend has lessened his involvement in other things to spend time with me. If a girl says %26quot;Quit doing this so you will have more time for me%26quot; that is no okay. But so what if you decide that spending time with her makes you happier than going out to a club every night or whatever you used to do. There%26#039;s no rule against changing what you want to do and who you want to spend time with.
Keep in mind though, if this isn%26#039;t a serious relationship, and it ends, you are going to really regret missing out on spending time doing those things.
I guess devoting your life to your partner is only a good idea if it is a serious relationship.
How many of you are changing your life because of high prices.?
Gas ,Milk, Eggs, Meat ,Produce ,Rent . Water%26amp;Power,Medical,Insurance, how long can the American people take this BS.|||you know how some people just struggle to keep their head above water?...Well not us, now we%26#039;re struggling to stay as close to the surface as possible...
These rising prices are ludicrous, and it%26#039;s literally killed our bank account, and what%26#039;s so ridiculous is that we don%26#039;t drive very often ((in fact I ride the bus to and fro)), we can%26#039;t afford any real kind of healthy foods because they%26#039;re too expensive, so as a result we have to eat like pigs in a trough, and then as another result we get sick because of our malnutrition, and that causes us to rack up massive amounts of medical bills, and because we couldn%26#039;t even consider contemplating insurance prices it all comes out of pocket. Then because of being sick I have to miss work, which is even worse because that puts less money in the bank on payday....
I haven%26#039;t been positive in my bank account for about 7 months now, and I, quite rightly, am getting sick and tired of wondering how I am going to survive from minute-to-minute|||Not me, things are fine here, I just rearrange my budget...still huting, fishing, going on vacations, buying what I want or need, life is good!|||yeah right
it has gotten way out of control
we use less heat in our house
and cut our driving in half
we do not eat meat at all
and recycle our water|||That darn reality rears it ugly head. I have cut luxuries.We are not suffering, but we want to be prepared, so we are putting aside 10% of every check for a net, if things go bad.|||Once again this is only a question that G.W.Bush,and his supporter%26#039;s can answer?And as I said before the answer will be so freaking stupid! But it%26#039;s a repukingcan%26#039;t.|||We%26#039;ve eliminated some things that we found we really didn%26#039;t need in the first place, which actually feels good, and we%26#039;ll be growing vegetables and fruit this year which is also good since the homegrown stuff tastes much better than the store bought anyway. I%26#039;m going to be driving less by planning my trips better so I can get more done with less miles and will be looking for a higher MPG car soon, but nothing is really a problem and I%26#039;m actually feeling good about it, and am looking for other ways to conserve.|||No, not me.|||my family has, we try to drive less and we programed our heating and cooling to only run while we%26#039;re home. we%26#039;ve also switched to Eco-friendly light bulbs!
These rising prices are ludicrous, and it%26#039;s literally killed our bank account, and what%26#039;s so ridiculous is that we don%26#039;t drive very often ((in fact I ride the bus to and fro)), we can%26#039;t afford any real kind of healthy foods because they%26#039;re too expensive, so as a result we have to eat like pigs in a trough, and then as another result we get sick because of our malnutrition, and that causes us to rack up massive amounts of medical bills, and because we couldn%26#039;t even consider contemplating insurance prices it all comes out of pocket. Then because of being sick I have to miss work, which is even worse because that puts less money in the bank on payday....
I haven%26#039;t been positive in my bank account for about 7 months now, and I, quite rightly, am getting sick and tired of wondering how I am going to survive from minute-to-minute|||Not me, things are fine here, I just rearrange my budget...still huting, fishing, going on vacations, buying what I want or need, life is good!|||yeah right
it has gotten way out of control
we use less heat in our house
and cut our driving in half
we do not eat meat at all
and recycle our water|||That darn reality rears it ugly head. I have cut luxuries.We are not suffering, but we want to be prepared, so we are putting aside 10% of every check for a net, if things go bad.|||Once again this is only a question that G.W.Bush,and his supporter%26#039;s can answer?And as I said before the answer will be so freaking stupid! But it%26#039;s a repukingcan%26#039;t.|||We%26#039;ve eliminated some things that we found we really didn%26#039;t need in the first place, which actually feels good, and we%26#039;ll be growing vegetables and fruit this year which is also good since the homegrown stuff tastes much better than the store bought anyway. I%26#039;m going to be driving less by planning my trips better so I can get more done with less miles and will be looking for a higher MPG car soon, but nothing is really a problem and I%26#039;m actually feeling good about it, and am looking for other ways to conserve.|||No, not me.|||my family has, we try to drive less and we programed our heating and cooling to only run while we%26#039;re home. we%26#039;ve also switched to Eco-friendly light bulbs!
Help answer this ques.. How do u anticipate a practical nursing degree changing your life?
I Have an interview with the nursing board to join a local nursing school and i just needs some ideas to write an essay i have to turn in at the interview.. If anyone can help please write back asap!|||Talk about the gratifacation you are going to receive every single day from helping somebody. You can truly touch someone%26#039;s heart by being a nurse and that is worth every second of it.|||just be cool...........thats all..............by the way.........I LOVE YOU :)
What was your 1st LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE in your life?
*Was it a positive experience?
*Was is it a negative experience?
*A what age did you experience this life changing experience?|||In 1966 I entered the military instead of going to Canada. It is most certainly the dumbest thing I have done to date.|||Thanks for the acknowledgment and the BA. I ended up doing 22 years and retiring as a Master Sergeant. I am a bit bitter due to the vast numbers who have chosen to give up the freedoms I spent my life defending. IMO our country is in dire straights and I am sad about that.
Cheers
GIMP
|||When I was 4 years old my parents divorced. It had both positive and negative affects on me. On one hand it made my mother mistrust men, but it also made her transform from a house frau into a competent career woman and since my mother was my biggest role model this inturn changed who I would become. Financially, the family that my father raised had it much easier than our family but the children that he supported are not self sufficient and my brothers and I are.|||This wasn%26#039;t my first life-changing experience, but it was a life changing experience no less.
It was the last day of grade 9. I was really shy around girls. A group of girls came up to me and my pals and asked us if we wanted to go to their house. I couldn%26#039;t believe it. I was so excited and nervous. I really wanted to make an impression on them, so we spent the afternoon and night laughing and yelling and having fun. It was probably one of the best days of my entire life so far (I%26#039;m 20 now and the last 5 years have been pretty negative, with good times being few and far between.) If I can re-kindle that old happiness to make it a big part of my life, I will be very happy.
Good question!|||my first life changing experience was in 1999 when i was 8 when i had such a strong sieger that it land it me in the hospital for three days. i did not know what hit me even at that age, i did not know where was i and who was around me.|||MY first life changing experience without a doubt was when i moved to a different town starting third grade. then we moved again 5th grade. and this year im in tenth grade and we%26#039;re are moving again....which is partly my fault because i whined about the school i was at and begged to leave....but it was so negative for me. especially becuase once i got to my third school my friends all started moving. the two closet friendsd i had moved in fifth grade. and last year alone 5 friends moved or got homeschooled (for petes sake my military friend moved to puerto rico and another friend moved to the other side of the state)
soo, when my friendswho have been in one area all my life complain about not liking where they live, im like shut ur face u still see the friends u had 5 years ago everyday i dont.
sorry im being a downer haha but u asked. everyday i think about what things would b like if they never changed...... %26lt;/3
*Was is it a negative experience?
*A what age did you experience this life changing experience?|||In 1966 I entered the military instead of going to Canada. It is most certainly the dumbest thing I have done to date.|||Thanks for the acknowledgment and the BA. I ended up doing 22 years and retiring as a Master Sergeant. I am a bit bitter due to the vast numbers who have chosen to give up the freedoms I spent my life defending. IMO our country is in dire straights and I am sad about that.
Cheers
GIMP
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|||When I was 4 years old my parents divorced. It had both positive and negative affects on me. On one hand it made my mother mistrust men, but it also made her transform from a house frau into a competent career woman and since my mother was my biggest role model this inturn changed who I would become. Financially, the family that my father raised had it much easier than our family but the children that he supported are not self sufficient and my brothers and I are.|||This wasn%26#039;t my first life-changing experience, but it was a life changing experience no less.
It was the last day of grade 9. I was really shy around girls. A group of girls came up to me and my pals and asked us if we wanted to go to their house. I couldn%26#039;t believe it. I was so excited and nervous. I really wanted to make an impression on them, so we spent the afternoon and night laughing and yelling and having fun. It was probably one of the best days of my entire life so far (I%26#039;m 20 now and the last 5 years have been pretty negative, with good times being few and far between.) If I can re-kindle that old happiness to make it a big part of my life, I will be very happy.
Good question!|||my first life changing experience was in 1999 when i was 8 when i had such a strong sieger that it land it me in the hospital for three days. i did not know what hit me even at that age, i did not know where was i and who was around me.|||MY first life changing experience without a doubt was when i moved to a different town starting third grade. then we moved again 5th grade. and this year im in tenth grade and we%26#039;re are moving again....which is partly my fault because i whined about the school i was at and begged to leave....but it was so negative for me. especially becuase once i got to my third school my friends all started moving. the two closet friendsd i had moved in fifth grade. and last year alone 5 friends moved or got homeschooled (for petes sake my military friend moved to puerto rico and another friend moved to the other side of the state)
soo, when my friendswho have been in one area all my life complain about not liking where they live, im like shut ur face u still see the friends u had 5 years ago everyday i dont.
sorry im being a downer haha but u asked. everyday i think about what things would b like if they never changed...... %26lt;/3
What was the most life changing year of your life and what happen ? Good or Bad ?
Was God part of your life then ? Would He have made a difference ?|||Wow! I have so many of them.
1948 I lost my grandfather.
1951 I found out that my father didn%26#039;t want me. I found the adoption papers he had signed giving all his legal rights as a parent to my grandmother.
1963 I was divorced from an abusive and alcoholic husband. I had my precious daughter. The one good thing that came from this marriage. I also found out that I had an incurable kidney disease and the pain began after giving birth.
1968 I lost both my father and mother within 10 months of each other.
1972 I was divorced from a womanizing husband who gave me things I didn%26#039;t want ... an STD.
1973 I lost my grandmother.
1974 I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. When I look back from the point of salvation I can see where all the heartache and pain was guiding me to Him. I must have been very stubborn because it took a very long time for me to realize how much I needed Him in a personal way. I thought I knew Him all along but Catholics really don%26#039;t. They have head knowledge but not heart knowledge.
1985 I married a non-believer and paid the price until he trusted the Lord himself.
1998 I went into renal failure and for the next 8 years it was a touch and go situation .... so much pain, weakness, and utter helplessness.
2006 My husband was able to donate a kidney for me. I truly believe that God brought him into my life for this purpose. Thank you Lord. The transplant has been successful and I praise God daily for His love, grace, and mercy.
Were they good or bad? It was all good because all of it brought me to the Lord and I%26#039;ve been in His care since.|||What an amazing testimony! And how appropriate to remind us that everything works out to the good for those who love and obey God.
|||Age 12. Moved out of my mother%26#039;s house, into my father%26#039;s. New town, new school, etc.
I was still a believer at that point. It made no difference.|||oh its when I was sinking down into self-destructive habits and Jesus Christ came just when I was about to commit suicide. I am happy, if it werent for Jesus Christ i wouldnt be answering these questions. Thanks|||Ther year 2002, when my Wife and I lost our home and have been in exile for 8 years because of our %26#039;screw-up%26#039; and allowing the devil in our home. (I admit it and I know what %26quot;I%26quot; did wrong and am paying for it severly!) My Wife still stays by my side though! That is why she is my Best Friend! :)|||1966 and it was all good! Prior to this I had been wandering in a spiritual wilderness because I had given up on religion. Fortunately, God had not given up on me and 1966 was the year when the Holy Spirit brought me to a place of repentance and forgiveness and I met up with the risen Christ Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. 1966 was the year when I was baptised, in public and by full water immersion, in obedience to the instruction to repent and be baptised. 1966 was the year when I gave myself to God and He made a H-U-G-E difference to my life, and for good!|||I have 2 life changing moments. . In 2004 (Sept.28), my old flame who I dated when I was 17-19 called me out of the blue on a night when I was really lonely and depressed, I always loved him and he has helped me get my life on track, through the good times and the bad, and we%26#039;ve been together ever since. :)
And exactly 4 years later, on Sept.28, I gave my heart to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I think He brought me and my ex back together for a reason, and things have been getting better every day since I turned my life over to Him! :) I can%26#039;t wait to see what the future holds..|||1982, I accepted Christ as my Lord %26amp; Savior.
He most certainly made a difference in my life, then %26amp; now.|||2000, I landed in jail for 7 months, the best thing that ever happened to me, helped me to change my lifestyle. God wasn%26#039;t a part of my life then, but I%26#039;m sure that if He were I would have had some sort of direction!|||1981 I got saved and was baptized in the Holy Spirit,totally changed my life.
1948 I lost my grandfather.
1951 I found out that my father didn%26#039;t want me. I found the adoption papers he had signed giving all his legal rights as a parent to my grandmother.
1963 I was divorced from an abusive and alcoholic husband. I had my precious daughter. The one good thing that came from this marriage. I also found out that I had an incurable kidney disease and the pain began after giving birth.
1968 I lost both my father and mother within 10 months of each other.
1972 I was divorced from a womanizing husband who gave me things I didn%26#039;t want ... an STD.
1973 I lost my grandmother.
1974 I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. When I look back from the point of salvation I can see where all the heartache and pain was guiding me to Him. I must have been very stubborn because it took a very long time for me to realize how much I needed Him in a personal way. I thought I knew Him all along but Catholics really don%26#039;t. They have head knowledge but not heart knowledge.
1985 I married a non-believer and paid the price until he trusted the Lord himself.
1998 I went into renal failure and for the next 8 years it was a touch and go situation .... so much pain, weakness, and utter helplessness.
2006 My husband was able to donate a kidney for me. I truly believe that God brought him into my life for this purpose. Thank you Lord. The transplant has been successful and I praise God daily for His love, grace, and mercy.
Were they good or bad? It was all good because all of it brought me to the Lord and I%26#039;ve been in His care since.|||What an amazing testimony! And how appropriate to remind us that everything works out to the good for those who love and obey God.
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|||Age 12. Moved out of my mother%26#039;s house, into my father%26#039;s. New town, new school, etc.
I was still a believer at that point. It made no difference.|||oh its when I was sinking down into self-destructive habits and Jesus Christ came just when I was about to commit suicide. I am happy, if it werent for Jesus Christ i wouldnt be answering these questions. Thanks|||Ther year 2002, when my Wife and I lost our home and have been in exile for 8 years because of our %26#039;screw-up%26#039; and allowing the devil in our home. (I admit it and I know what %26quot;I%26quot; did wrong and am paying for it severly!) My Wife still stays by my side though! That is why she is my Best Friend! :)|||1966 and it was all good! Prior to this I had been wandering in a spiritual wilderness because I had given up on religion. Fortunately, God had not given up on me and 1966 was the year when the Holy Spirit brought me to a place of repentance and forgiveness and I met up with the risen Christ Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. 1966 was the year when I was baptised, in public and by full water immersion, in obedience to the instruction to repent and be baptised. 1966 was the year when I gave myself to God and He made a H-U-G-E difference to my life, and for good!|||I have 2 life changing moments. . In 2004 (Sept.28), my old flame who I dated when I was 17-19 called me out of the blue on a night when I was really lonely and depressed, I always loved him and he has helped me get my life on track, through the good times and the bad, and we%26#039;ve been together ever since. :)
And exactly 4 years later, on Sept.28, I gave my heart to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I think He brought me and my ex back together for a reason, and things have been getting better every day since I turned my life over to Him! :) I can%26#039;t wait to see what the future holds..|||1982, I accepted Christ as my Lord %26amp; Savior.
He most certainly made a difference in my life, then %26amp; now.|||2000, I landed in jail for 7 months, the best thing that ever happened to me, helped me to change my lifestyle. God wasn%26#039;t a part of my life then, but I%26#039;m sure that if He were I would have had some sort of direction!|||1981 I got saved and was baptized in the Holy Spirit,totally changed my life.
What's the best song with amazing lyrics about changing your life from bad to good?
These by Madonna are exactly about that and have very deep meaningful lyrics. They helped me when I was going through my big change. And the sounds are incredible.
%26quot;Nothing Really Matters%26quot;
%26quot;Drowned World/Substitute for Love%26quot;
%26quot;Swim%26quot;
%26quot;Sky Fits Heaven%26quot;
%26quot;Ray of Light%26quot;
%26quot;How High%26quot;
%26quot;I%26#039;m so Stupid%26quot;
%26quot;Nobody%26#039;s Perfect%26quot;
%26quot;Gone%26quot;
%26quot;Nobody Knows Me%26quot;
%26quot;Secret%26quot;
%26quot;The Power of Goodbye%26quot;
%26quot;Frozen%26quot;|||the way she feels - between the trees
Shes upset
Bad day
Heads for the dresser drawer to
Drive her pain away
Nothing good can come of this.
She opens it theres nothing there
Its only left over tears
Mom and dad had no right she screams
The anger runs down both of her cheeks.
Then she closed her eyes
And found relief in a knife
The blood flows as she cries
All alone the way she feels
Left alone to deal with all the pain-drenched sorrow relief
Bite the lip just forget the bleeding
Then she closed her eyes
And found relief in a knife
The blood flows as she cries [x2]
Curled up shes on the floor
Relief left her she had hoped for something more
From it (hoped for something more)
From it
He leans down to comfort her
She is weeping and He
Wraps His arms around
And around and around and...
The deeper you cut
The deeper I hurt
The deeper you cut
It only gets worse [x2]
Gets worse.
Now shes slowly opening... [x2]
New eyes...
She opened her eyes
And found relief in His life
And put down her knives.
She opened her life
And found relief through His eyes
And put down
She put down her life.|||Probably Live Like We%26#039;re Dying by Kris Allen, thought The Script wrote it, I like his version so much better!! Here%26#039;s the link!!
%26lt;object width=%26quot;425%26quot; height=%26quot;344%26quot;%26gt;%26lt;param name=%26quot;movie%26quot; value=%26quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/IWWc8lGi鈥?name=%26quot;allowFullScreen%26quot; value=%26quot;true%26quot;%26gt;%26lt;/param%26gt;%26lt;param name=%26quot;allowscriptaccess%26quot; value=%26quot;always%26quot;%26gt;%26lt;/param%26gt;%26lt;embed src=%26quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/IWWc8lGiHE鈥?type=%26quot;application/x-shockwave-flash%26quot; allowscriptaccess=%26quot;always%26quot; allowfullscreen=%26quot;true%26quot; width=%26quot;425%26quot; height=%26quot;344%26quot;%26gt;%26lt;/embed%26gt;%26lt;/object%26gt;|||Keep Your Head To The Sky - Earth, Wind %26amp; Fire
%26quot;Nothing Really Matters%26quot;
%26quot;Drowned World/Substitute for Love%26quot;
%26quot;Swim%26quot;
%26quot;Sky Fits Heaven%26quot;
%26quot;Ray of Light%26quot;
%26quot;How High%26quot;
%26quot;I%26#039;m so Stupid%26quot;
%26quot;Nobody%26#039;s Perfect%26quot;
%26quot;Gone%26quot;
%26quot;Nobody Knows Me%26quot;
%26quot;Secret%26quot;
%26quot;The Power of Goodbye%26quot;
%26quot;Frozen%26quot;|||the way she feels - between the trees
Shes upset
Bad day
Heads for the dresser drawer to
Drive her pain away
Nothing good can come of this.
She opens it theres nothing there
Its only left over tears
Mom and dad had no right she screams
The anger runs down both of her cheeks.
Then she closed her eyes
And found relief in a knife
The blood flows as she cries
All alone the way she feels
Left alone to deal with all the pain-drenched sorrow relief
Bite the lip just forget the bleeding
Then she closed her eyes
And found relief in a knife
The blood flows as she cries [x2]
Curled up shes on the floor
Relief left her she had hoped for something more
From it (hoped for something more)
From it
He leans down to comfort her
She is weeping and He
Wraps His arms around
And around and around and...
The deeper you cut
The deeper I hurt
The deeper you cut
It only gets worse [x2]
Gets worse.
Now shes slowly opening... [x2]
New eyes...
She opened her eyes
And found relief in His life
And put down her knives.
She opened her life
And found relief through His eyes
And put down
She put down her life.|||Probably Live Like We%26#039;re Dying by Kris Allen, thought The Script wrote it, I like his version so much better!! Here%26#039;s the link!!
%26lt;object width=%26quot;425%26quot; height=%26quot;344%26quot;%26gt;%26lt;param name=%26quot;movie%26quot; value=%26quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/IWWc8lGi鈥?name=%26quot;allowFullScreen%26quot; value=%26quot;true%26quot;%26gt;%26lt;/param%26gt;%26lt;param name=%26quot;allowscriptaccess%26quot; value=%26quot;always%26quot;%26gt;%26lt;/param%26gt;%26lt;embed src=%26quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/IWWc8lGiHE鈥?type=%26quot;application/x-shockwave-flash%26quot; allowscriptaccess=%26quot;always%26quot; allowfullscreen=%26quot;true%26quot; width=%26quot;425%26quot; height=%26quot;344%26quot;%26gt;%26lt;/embed%26gt;%26lt;/object%26gt;|||Keep Your Head To The Sky - Earth, Wind %26amp; Fire
How is your life changing as a result of outrageous gas prices?
I feel like it%26#039;s reaching into every aspect of my life from cutting groceries, to not eating out to not entertaining or having people over very often anymore. On top of it not going anywhere so we don%26#039;t waste the precious resource in our gas tank. This is insane. We%26#039;re actually considering leaving so cal, which I never thought we would do =(
What%26#039;s your story? How is the current economy affecting you?|||Oracle, your situation%26#039;s like mine. Gas prices are at $4.00 from where we%26#039;re at.. we%26#039;re talking about 89!!
All I have to say is: 8 looong years of just sheer misery. When will people learn?? Thank God it%26#039;s almost OVER.|||Voting democrat and walking and riding my bike more.|||It sucks. It%26#039;s hard to find a job because if I get one that%26#039;s too far away, I wouldn%26#039;t even make enough money for it to be barely worth it, almost all the money would go right back out into gas just to get back and forth. And unfortunately, unless I can find a job in my small town soon, I%26#039;ll have to look for one in the nearest city, half an hour away.
It... angers... me... %26gt;.%26lt;
What%26#039;s your story? How is the current economy affecting you?|||Oracle, your situation%26#039;s like mine. Gas prices are at $4.00 from where we%26#039;re at.. we%26#039;re talking about 89!!
All I have to say is: 8 looong years of just sheer misery. When will people learn?? Thank God it%26#039;s almost OVER.|||Voting democrat and walking and riding my bike more.|||It sucks. It%26#039;s hard to find a job because if I get one that%26#039;s too far away, I wouldn%26#039;t even make enough money for it to be barely worth it, almost all the money would go right back out into gas just to get back and forth. And unfortunately, unless I can find a job in my small town soon, I%26#039;ll have to look for one in the nearest city, half an hour away.
It... angers... me... %26gt;.%26lt;
How can you change your life by changing your attitude or thinking ?
Lets say you have a fear of flying. This fear limits your ability to get places. It will limit people you meet. It will limit jobs you can get. It will limit the places you can go. If you can overcome that fear you will have more options.
People judge you by your attitude. If it is a negative judgment you will not get there help. if they judge it offensively you may actually be harmed in a physical manner. By having what society considers a positive attitude many doors will be opened to you and you will less likely be harmed.
If I lock myself into any specific thoughts I limit myself and will have problems with changes. Life is change so I will have problems everyday. If i leave my thoughts open to change. I do not know that this is true but believe it could be true. This allows me to see more options and sympathize better. |||I have personally found that at some point in your life you have to begin a deliberate %26#039;unlearning%26#039; process, which (hopefully) frees your mind of received wisdom, religious dogma, prejudices and preconceptions. This %26#039;recaptured innocence%26#039; helps you see things from another point of view, greatly improves relationships, and does change your life for the better... trust me.|||by pointing out my strengths and weaknesses, in what aspects would you want to improve, then applying it in your life one by one; until you are now like that person you want to be.|||Negativity and anger increase emotional volatility incurring counter hostilities. This principle is facilitated by aggressors to antagonise good souls and gain ground by baseless accusations of ill temper incited by the endeavours of contaminant ill willed forces applying witchcraft measures to destabilise peace and harmony.
Awareness of these evil forces at play and those using such means to gain moral ground by the enabling of accusations of tempestuousness can be evidenced in the world and here on this forum.
Each step and manoeuvre towards unity, peace and spiritual progression is met with a negative force of concerted ill will. Pinpointing the people using scurrilous means to inflict suffering and torment upon others should produce rapid cure. People are robbed of their peace and prosperity by dual and conflicting loyalties. If one tolerates a devious element undermining God and Jesus himself, what hope is there for the ordinary good soul...?
|||one of the best life changing philosophies is to accept reality is only real due to your own perceptions. Everything we think we see hear touch taste or smell is not an external truth but an internal truth. reality isn%26#039;t real unless you accept it as the way it is, life is what you make of it! accepting that nothing is real allows you to take control of how things affect you you can perceive something that used to upset you for instance and decide that it doesn%26#039;t upset you any more and it makes you laugh. sounds crazy but if you genuinely believe it then it works i now walk down the road smiling at people and i tend to get dodgey looks back and that makes me smile even more! its a deep philosophy suggesting material reality comes second to that of consciousness, but it is deep and its main focus proves all of the quantum paradoxes. If your interested in making sense of what i say check: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvM_YAwX4I
happy days my fellow explorer be happy that you have made the first step in changing your life by questioning it unlike the majority of the worlds ignorant sheep.||| my mother use to tell my when i had an attitude it was a bad wast of good energy life is to short for attitude and negative thinking. i think when you change those thing about yourself that are not liked your bettering yourself and the world there is to much bad stuff in the world dont let anymore in.|||Little by little each day...basically...start with baby steps. I would suggest doing a little exercise for about thirty minutes...whenever you are having negative thoughts, try to turn them into a positive...
ex. : %26quot;I really screwed up with that client! I didn%26#039;t close the sale! I%26#039;m a terrible sales person...%26quot; to %26quot;I gave the customer great service, and showed a willingness to help him/her...they%26#039;ll be back they just need to think about it...%26quot;
That sort of thing...and eventually, your %26#039;Automatic Negative Thoughts%26#039; will start to fade...and you%26#039;ll realized how many you actually have in a day once you start paying attention...
hope that helps!|||Both as both are needed in life.
People judge you by your attitude. If it is a negative judgment you will not get there help. if they judge it offensively you may actually be harmed in a physical manner. By having what society considers a positive attitude many doors will be opened to you and you will less likely be harmed.
If I lock myself into any specific thoughts I limit myself and will have problems with changes. Life is change so I will have problems everyday. If i leave my thoughts open to change. I do not know that this is true but believe it could be true. This allows me to see more options and sympathize better. |||I have personally found that at some point in your life you have to begin a deliberate %26#039;unlearning%26#039; process, which (hopefully) frees your mind of received wisdom, religious dogma, prejudices and preconceptions. This %26#039;recaptured innocence%26#039; helps you see things from another point of view, greatly improves relationships, and does change your life for the better... trust me.|||by pointing out my strengths and weaknesses, in what aspects would you want to improve, then applying it in your life one by one; until you are now like that person you want to be.|||Negativity and anger increase emotional volatility incurring counter hostilities. This principle is facilitated by aggressors to antagonise good souls and gain ground by baseless accusations of ill temper incited by the endeavours of contaminant ill willed forces applying witchcraft measures to destabilise peace and harmony.
Awareness of these evil forces at play and those using such means to gain moral ground by the enabling of accusations of tempestuousness can be evidenced in the world and here on this forum.
Each step and manoeuvre towards unity, peace and spiritual progression is met with a negative force of concerted ill will. Pinpointing the people using scurrilous means to inflict suffering and torment upon others should produce rapid cure. People are robbed of their peace and prosperity by dual and conflicting loyalties. If one tolerates a devious element undermining God and Jesus himself, what hope is there for the ordinary good soul...?
|||one of the best life changing philosophies is to accept reality is only real due to your own perceptions. Everything we think we see hear touch taste or smell is not an external truth but an internal truth. reality isn%26#039;t real unless you accept it as the way it is, life is what you make of it! accepting that nothing is real allows you to take control of how things affect you you can perceive something that used to upset you for instance and decide that it doesn%26#039;t upset you any more and it makes you laugh. sounds crazy but if you genuinely believe it then it works i now walk down the road smiling at people and i tend to get dodgey looks back and that makes me smile even more! its a deep philosophy suggesting material reality comes second to that of consciousness, but it is deep and its main focus proves all of the quantum paradoxes. If your interested in making sense of what i say check: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnvM_YAwX4I
happy days my fellow explorer be happy that you have made the first step in changing your life by questioning it unlike the majority of the worlds ignorant sheep.||| my mother use to tell my when i had an attitude it was a bad wast of good energy life is to short for attitude and negative thinking. i think when you change those thing about yourself that are not liked your bettering yourself and the world there is to much bad stuff in the world dont let anymore in.|||Little by little each day...basically...start with baby steps. I would suggest doing a little exercise for about thirty minutes...whenever you are having negative thoughts, try to turn them into a positive...
ex. : %26quot;I really screwed up with that client! I didn%26#039;t close the sale! I%26#039;m a terrible sales person...%26quot; to %26quot;I gave the customer great service, and showed a willingness to help him/her...they%26#039;ll be back they just need to think about it...%26quot;
That sort of thing...and eventually, your %26#039;Automatic Negative Thoughts%26#039; will start to fade...and you%26#039;ll realized how many you actually have in a day once you start paying attention...
hope that helps!|||Both as both are needed in life.
What has been your most life changing moment or event so far?
Has an event ever occurred in your life that you look back on now and can pinpoint as the time your thinking, attitudes or life focus was completely changed for ever?|||In the last war, my job was (among other things) to bag and tag and then transport to the rear, the bodies and body parts of the men I%26#039;d lost. I was when SSGT Garza looked up at me and said%26quot;God Doc, I don%26#039;t feel so....%26quot; I%26#039;ve never been the same since. I knew his wife and kids. I have three kids of my own.|||giving birth to my daughter,, it changed my whole life, and focus, i learned more about myself, both my strong points and weak ones, from parenting ,,,,,,,,|||Watching my first child being born..WoW, that was a life changer I%26#039;ll never forget..Been 25 years and still vivid. I had to confront my fears, assess my situation, and give up my selfishness..Well worth it.|||When my Beagle died Christmas 1985, when my Other Beagle died in my arms in 2002. When my brother died in 1996. When my Beagle died October 9th, 1999.|||Meeting my partner. He has helped me open up and become a better person. Since meeting him, my attitude towards life and other people have changed dramatically.
Sounds corny, but it is true. If we hadn%26#039;t gotten together, I%26#039;d be a completely different person now. And not a better one! I was a real ice b*tch before him...|||The time I went to a Ted Nugent concert and went backstage. (Barry Sparks is my cousin) I%26#039;ll never be the same again...|||When I was 4 1/2 years old, and my Mother died.... My life changed forever that day. It set me apart from the other kids, because at the time it seemed like everyone had both parents. Also, it made me realize at a very early age, that life is precious and a mystery.|||Without strictly knowing the hour or method of my death, I believe CHANGE has occured by knowing I have less time left, than what time I%26#039;ve already had.|||I would say it was at the stage I stopped smoking marijuana and with the money I used to spend on that I buy CDs|||one was during my freshman year when my group of friends decided not to talk to me at all for a whole week. my attitude definitely changed for the better afterwards.|||Being born.....lol
Missing being killed in a car accident by literally 6 inches.
I still carry a piece of the windshield, inscribed with the words %26quot;Carpe Diem%26quot;(cliched I know) on a piece of leather around my neck. It reminds me to take every day as far as I can take it....
Sounds corny, but it is true. If we hadn%26#039;t gotten together, I%26#039;d be a completely different person now. And not a better one! I was a real ice b*tch before him...|||The time I went to a Ted Nugent concert and went backstage. (Barry Sparks is my cousin) I%26#039;ll never be the same again...|||When I was 4 1/2 years old, and my Mother died.... My life changed forever that day. It set me apart from the other kids, because at the time it seemed like everyone had both parents. Also, it made me realize at a very early age, that life is precious and a mystery.|||Without strictly knowing the hour or method of my death, I believe CHANGE has occured by knowing I have less time left, than what time I%26#039;ve already had.|||I would say it was at the stage I stopped smoking marijuana and with the money I used to spend on that I buy CDs|||one was during my freshman year when my group of friends decided not to talk to me at all for a whole week. my attitude definitely changed for the better afterwards.|||Being born.....lol
Missing being killed in a car accident by literally 6 inches.
I still carry a piece of the windshield, inscribed with the words %26quot;Carpe Diem%26quot;(cliched I know) on a piece of leather around my neck. It reminds me to take every day as far as I can take it....
Do you ever think of running away, changing your name, and changing your life completely?
Just to get away and start life over?|||Yeah, I would like to go back in time and restart my life all over again. From the very beginning. And I would change all the bad things that made me what I am today.|||what%26#039;s stopping you??|||I%26#039;ve never thought running away was a good answer...the past always seems to catch up with you, then you have to deal with people from both past and present who you have let down by either desertion or deception.|||I do, all the time, but then I think: what about money? Where will I live? What will I do to survive? How far can I go?
It all comes crashing down. If it were possible, I totally would. I deserve a change like that.|||I DID! Life is sweet. : )|||nope my life is good i%26#039;m very happy with the way that it is|||Yes, like the song %26quot;Runaway Train%26quot;, but then I think, %26quot;what the hell would I be running to?%26quot; You can%26#039;t get away from yourself no matter how far you run.|||that would be a %26quot;great%26quot; adventure.|||YES!!!!
It all comes crashing down. If it were possible, I totally would. I deserve a change like that.|||I DID! Life is sweet. : )|||nope my life is good i%26#039;m very happy with the way that it is|||Yes, like the song %26quot;Runaway Train%26quot;, but then I think, %26quot;what the hell would I be running to?%26quot; You can%26#039;t get away from yourself no matter how far you run.|||that would be a %26quot;great%26quot; adventure.|||YES!!!!
What is the most positive life changing experience in your life?
Mine would have to be when I met my best friend. They really have changed my life. I can really say if it weren%26#039;t for them, I would be really lost right now. What about you? What was your experience?|||Thank God that he broght the right people into your life at the right time :-)
A couple of years ago I was so lost I really was getting sick of life and I prayed to God to help me- He brought me to His Son Jesus Christ :-)
This was the most amazing thing ever! I love life 100 times more than ever and I see things so different now!
Thanks|||Um, let me see.
Hmmmmmm...
I%26#039;m coming up blank.|||when i fell in love.
no feeling can compare.
it changed the way that i looked at life (in a good way)
it%26#039;s incredible.|||Maybe it was getting accepted into college. That made me feel like I had accomplished something important. Hey I have a boring life.|||When i had my first and last job.It gave me the opportunity to become a better person,very fast promotion.It is also there when i met my husband now for 18 yrs.who was my superior during that time.So its nice.And iam very much happy with my family life now.|||The day I graduated from college as a single mom. I felt like I could do anything. And then there%26#039;s the day I met my husband....that changed my life. I don%26#039;t know which one was the most positive life changing experience. I think it%26#039;s a tie.|||mine was was definately the birth of my sons. there is no bigger wonder on this earth than holding such a little baby for the first time in your arms. all your mommy instincts get activated immediately, your life is changed forever. and my boys are now 24 and 28 and i still love it :-)
A couple of years ago I was so lost I really was getting sick of life and I prayed to God to help me- He brought me to His Son Jesus Christ :-)
This was the most amazing thing ever! I love life 100 times more than ever and I see things so different now!
Thanks|||Um, let me see.
Hmmmmmm...
I%26#039;m coming up blank.|||when i fell in love.
no feeling can compare.
it changed the way that i looked at life (in a good way)
it%26#039;s incredible.|||Maybe it was getting accepted into college. That made me feel like I had accomplished something important. Hey I have a boring life.|||When i had my first and last job.It gave me the opportunity to become a better person,very fast promotion.It is also there when i met my husband now for 18 yrs.who was my superior during that time.So its nice.And iam very much happy with my family life now.|||The day I graduated from college as a single mom. I felt like I could do anything. And then there%26#039;s the day I met my husband....that changed my life. I don%26#039;t know which one was the most positive life changing experience. I think it%26#039;s a tie.|||mine was was definately the birth of my sons. there is no bigger wonder on this earth than holding such a little baby for the first time in your arms. all your mommy instincts get activated immediately, your life is changed forever. and my boys are now 24 and 28 and i still love it :-)
What is your most life changing experience so far?
What moment in your life so far has been the most significant and life changing?|||becoming a mother. something changes deep within u when u realize that u are responsible for an innocent human life. someone that depends on u completely. knowing that the way u treat and raise this little person will affect who and what they become in the future. its a lot of pressure knowing that. u are forced to grow up in order to take care and provide more love than the love u have for yourself, to your child.|||when i found my self and stopped caring about what other people think , i want to be like every one else and to do that i found out just dont care about any one and just think of yourself and then you will be happy , so i dont care what any one thinks any more or care to help any one cause that dont appreciate it any how and i just care about me just like every one else does . wish i would have been this way from the beginning of my life, then i would not have lost so much|||There is many. Here is one.
Did anyone else hear the Fifth trumpet of God Almighty sound during “Operation Desert Storm”?
Did anyone else hear the Fifth trumpet of God Almighty sound when oil wells were lit ablaze during “Operation Desert Storm”?
During the Gulf War when all the oil wells were lit ablaze I was attacked by a demon on three separate occasions all at night. This is what happened. While I slept this demon would fly through the window and attack me. The spirit inside me fought this demon briefly until I awoke. Then it made me take over. I leaped out of bed trying to defend myself. This demon was horrid and spun circles around me thrashing through my soul with his hands. then it left as fast as it came. The demon radiated from the pains associated with the abyss. He was like a coal pulled from the fire, with the pains of the abyss Rev 9, 3. This attack happened on three separate occasions as I have stated. The third time however was different from the rest. As before the demon attacked me, but this time I had enough since to command it to leave in the name of Jesus Christ. What happened next is even more amazing. After commanding this demon to leave in the name of Jesus, the Holy Spirit delivered me outside my room into the hallway. The demon followed. We were brought into the presence of the Lord. The Demon stood to my left and grabbing my hand with his, it placed its tail on top of my left hand. It was the sting of the scorpion and it went like this. It sent waves of fire through my soul Rev 9, 10. The pain was so sever that I couldn%26#039;t scream. Unconditionally, I looked straight up and said “father please help me”. The demon then left.
This all happened after being seduced into trying transcendental meditation and falling into spiritual bondage to witchcraft / demonic forces Rev 13,10. Or the spiritual bondage may have occurred after playing a Ouija board as a young boy. I%26#039;m not quite sure. What I am sure is that prior to being attacked by this demon, I was forced to go through the N.W.O%26#039;s. “secret” ceremony performed through transcendental meditation assisted with witchcraft / demonic forces. Why I say demonic forces is that I believe all witchcraft to be the powers of demons / the Devil. I was forced with witchcraft, through methods of torture, to go through said ceremony. The methods of witchcraft included mind control / manipulation, heart palpitations, witchcraft dreams causing sleep depravation, powerful visions, and many other forms. In said ceremony I was instructed to except the worship of one of their many %26quot;demonic gods%26quot;. They informed me that in excepting one of there gods I accepted them all. One of there Gods was the Devil, another they named Jesus, but they had a demon for every occasion. What better way to join all religions of the world together under one banner of 666?
To the best of my knowledge this is the method Satan%26#039;s Secret Society uses to distribute the “spiritual mark of the beast”, and cause spiritual captivity Revelation 13, 10. Have you received your spiritual mark yet? This may sound hard to believe for those who don%26#039;t know what I%26#039;m talking about but it is a true story. Hear are a few scriptures giving in sight. Revelation 13, 10, If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go . This is spiritual captivity to witchcraft / demonic forces. Naham 3, 4, who enslaved nations by her witchcraft. Revelation 18, 23, By your magic spell all nations were led astray.
There is a way out, but it is difficult. Revelation 12, 11, those who overcame, overcame by the blood of the lamb and the “word” of their testimony. They didn%26#039;t love their own lives so much as to shrink from death. Hebrews 2, 15, by their fear of death they are held in spiritual captivity. Satan%26#039;s Secret Society has many names; a few are the Mafia / Illuminate Masons 666! Have they been using drug dealers to terrorize your neighbor hood? Christians are their many “Free” Masons and Shriner%26#039;s in your Christian church? I%26#039;m sure they are in all walks of life and the cancer is spreading through out society.
Here is the rest of the story. Three to four nights later the demon returned in the early am @ about 3am. He wasn%26#039;t alone, Satan / Apollyon and the demon%26#039;s twin brother was with him. They hovered in the air above the ground, before the olive tree in the back yard. I could see them as the spirit in me manifested them to me! Satan hovered in the middle while the demons were on either side of him. The demon on his left had been thrown into the lake of fire for what he did to me. He radiated like a coal pulled from the fire what seemed to be 15%26#039;x15%26#039;. He was lit up like a Christmas tree! Graciously yours baptized by fire the witness! Who will believe this testimony? God will be my witness!
Did anyone else hear the Fifth trumpet of God Almighty sound during “Operation Desert Storm”?
Did anyone else hear the Fifth trumpet of God Almighty sound when oil wells were lit ablaze during “Operation Desert Storm”?
During the Gulf War when all the oil wells were lit ablaze I was attacked by a demon on three separate occasions all at night. This is what happened. While I slept this demon would fly through the window and attack me. The spirit inside me fought this demon briefly until I awoke. Then it made me take over. I leaped out of bed trying to defend myself. This demon was horrid and spun circles around me thrashing through my soul with his hands. then it left as fast as it came. The demon radiated from the pains associated with the abyss. He was like a coal pulled from the fire, with the pains of the abyss Rev 9, 3. This attack happened on three separate occasions as I have stated. The third time however was different from the rest. As before the demon attacked me, but this time I had enough since to command it to leave in the name of Jesus Christ. What happened next is even more amazing. After commanding this demon to leave in the name of Jesus, the Holy Spirit delivered me outside my room into the hallway. The demon followed. We were brought into the presence of the Lord. The Demon stood to my left and grabbing my hand with his, it placed its tail on top of my left hand. It was the sting of the scorpion and it went like this. It sent waves of fire through my soul Rev 9, 10. The pain was so sever that I couldn%26#039;t scream. Unconditionally, I looked straight up and said “father please help me”. The demon then left.
This all happened after being seduced into trying transcendental meditation and falling into spiritual bondage to witchcraft / demonic forces Rev 13,10. Or the spiritual bondage may have occurred after playing a Ouija board as a young boy. I%26#039;m not quite sure. What I am sure is that prior to being attacked by this demon, I was forced to go through the N.W.O%26#039;s. “secret” ceremony performed through transcendental meditation assisted with witchcraft / demonic forces. Why I say demonic forces is that I believe all witchcraft to be the powers of demons / the Devil. I was forced with witchcraft, through methods of torture, to go through said ceremony. The methods of witchcraft included mind control / manipulation, heart palpitations, witchcraft dreams causing sleep depravation, powerful visions, and many other forms. In said ceremony I was instructed to except the worship of one of their many %26quot;demonic gods%26quot;. They informed me that in excepting one of there gods I accepted them all. One of there Gods was the Devil, another they named Jesus, but they had a demon for every occasion. What better way to join all religions of the world together under one banner of 666?
To the best of my knowledge this is the method Satan%26#039;s Secret Society uses to distribute the “spiritual mark of the beast”, and cause spiritual captivity Revelation 13, 10. Have you received your spiritual mark yet? This may sound hard to believe for those who don%26#039;t know what I%26#039;m talking about but it is a true story. Hear are a few scriptures giving in sight. Revelation 13, 10, If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go . This is spiritual captivity to witchcraft / demonic forces. Naham 3, 4, who enslaved nations by her witchcraft. Revelation 18, 23, By your magic spell all nations were led astray.
There is a way out, but it is difficult. Revelation 12, 11, those who overcame, overcame by the blood of the lamb and the “word” of their testimony. They didn%26#039;t love their own lives so much as to shrink from death. Hebrews 2, 15, by their fear of death they are held in spiritual captivity. Satan%26#039;s Secret Society has many names; a few are the Mafia / Illuminate Masons 666! Have they been using drug dealers to terrorize your neighbor hood? Christians are their many “Free” Masons and Shriner%26#039;s in your Christian church? I%26#039;m sure they are in all walks of life and the cancer is spreading through out society.
Here is the rest of the story. Three to four nights later the demon returned in the early am @ about 3am. He wasn%26#039;t alone, Satan / Apollyon and the demon%26#039;s twin brother was with him. They hovered in the air above the ground, before the olive tree in the back yard. I could see them as the spirit in me manifested them to me! Satan hovered in the middle while the demons were on either side of him. The demon on his left had been thrown into the lake of fire for what he did to me. He radiated like a coal pulled from the fire what seemed to be 15%26#039;x15%26#039;. He was lit up like a Christmas tree! Graciously yours baptized by fire the witness! Who will believe this testimony? God will be my witness!
Do you believe that changing your point of view would make your life changes too?
There%26#039;s a saying like that, but what if we cannot change?|||Of course we can all change. maybe not our instincts, but how we view the worled, our relationship with it., asn such. theese things can all be changed. The power of positive self talk is amazing, if we tell ourselfs that we are crap, then we are likely to feel so, whereas if we tell ourselfs we are great and wonderful people, and act in such a way, then of course that would change our perception and outlook on life .
We all have to be willing to change and see things from other peoples points of perception as well as our own.
By being better people, we then change, our whole lifes change, because, now this is a universal truth, LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE. Therefore if your n good, decent and nice, you will attract the same kind of positive responses from your peers. We reap what we sow,
So go out and reap some %26#039;good%26#039; seeds!!|||It%26#039;s been a year ago.
When I read this again, I realized more how important it is.
Thanks for all your answers. One more thing, Havoc and Rory, I like your answers. Thank you very much.
Long time no see,
Mystery
|||Changes in thought and belief are often followed by a change in behavior.
When the two can%26#039;t be reconciled stress is sure to result.
Do you have a specific example in mind?|||yes i do belive it as im medically depressed but id like to know the same thing im now seeking a councilor to help me as im ruining my life my partners and my daughters life because i cant change my thougts and stuff|||If you do not keep an open mind, your life will only be lived behind closed doors. You have to keep your doors open to get the new person in you to grow. Never have a closed mind.|||Yes; but then, changing your point of view does not mean instantly changing your standpoint. You yourself have to realize it first, of course through expererience and deep comprehension.; Changing your point of view does not mean walking through the toy shop one day and suddenly tell yourself %26quot;OK, from now on I would believe that there are aliens.%26quot; At which case you are rather fooling yourself. Our life and our point of view always go hand in hand.|||very possibly.|||Possibly. It depends on what you want to change. If you have stupid thinking%26#039;s then i think you should change them. Think positive that yes you can change yourself for the good.
Negativity takes you nowhere.|||We are what our thoughts are hence our life.
I agree with you that is not easy thing for this requires strong control over one%26#039;s mind but I do believe also that if you UNDERSTAND this you%26#039;re half the way to your goal.|||Mystery -
One of the best quotes I have ever heard relates to your question:
%26quot;Our thoughts create our realities...%26quot;
~Author Unknown
When I first heard this, it didn%26#039;t really make a lot of sense. But the more I thought about it - the more I realized how true it is.
Whatever you believe sets the stage for how you react to everything that happens to you. Whatever you believe serves as a model for how you understand the world.
So in essence - what you think about something certainly impacts the results you get in life.
If you want to truly change, you have to find a way to change what you believe or to change what you dream being possible.
Change is the hardest thing a person can go through, so there is no one %26quot;right%26quot; way to do it. But it%26#039;s possible if you work really hard (starting with how you think about things).
All the best,
Rory
We all have to be willing to change and see things from other peoples points of perception as well as our own.
By being better people, we then change, our whole lifes change, because, now this is a universal truth, LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE. Therefore if your n good, decent and nice, you will attract the same kind of positive responses from your peers. We reap what we sow,
So go out and reap some %26#039;good%26#039; seeds!!|||It%26#039;s been a year ago.
When I read this again, I realized more how important it is.
Thanks for all your answers. One more thing, Havoc and Rory, I like your answers. Thank you very much.
Long time no see,
Mystery
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|||Changes in thought and belief are often followed by a change in behavior.
When the two can%26#039;t be reconciled stress is sure to result.
Do you have a specific example in mind?|||yes i do belive it as im medically depressed but id like to know the same thing im now seeking a councilor to help me as im ruining my life my partners and my daughters life because i cant change my thougts and stuff|||If you do not keep an open mind, your life will only be lived behind closed doors. You have to keep your doors open to get the new person in you to grow. Never have a closed mind.|||Yes; but then, changing your point of view does not mean instantly changing your standpoint. You yourself have to realize it first, of course through expererience and deep comprehension.; Changing your point of view does not mean walking through the toy shop one day and suddenly tell yourself %26quot;OK, from now on I would believe that there are aliens.%26quot; At which case you are rather fooling yourself. Our life and our point of view always go hand in hand.|||very possibly.|||Possibly. It depends on what you want to change. If you have stupid thinking%26#039;s then i think you should change them. Think positive that yes you can change yourself for the good.
Negativity takes you nowhere.|||We are what our thoughts are hence our life.
I agree with you that is not easy thing for this requires strong control over one%26#039;s mind but I do believe also that if you UNDERSTAND this you%26#039;re half the way to your goal.|||Mystery -
One of the best quotes I have ever heard relates to your question:
%26quot;Our thoughts create our realities...%26quot;
~Author Unknown
When I first heard this, it didn%26#039;t really make a lot of sense. But the more I thought about it - the more I realized how true it is.
Whatever you believe sets the stage for how you react to everything that happens to you. Whatever you believe serves as a model for how you understand the world.
So in essence - what you think about something certainly impacts the results you get in life.
If you want to truly change, you have to find a way to change what you believe or to change what you dream being possible.
Change is the hardest thing a person can go through, so there is no one %26quot;right%26quot; way to do it. But it%26#039;s possible if you work really hard (starting with how you think about things).
All the best,
Rory
Changing religions changed your life for the better?
Has anyone who had a terrible life no matter how they tried and through no fault of their own changed religions and saw positive changes in their lives for doing so? This is a serious question, so please only serious answers. Thank you.|||everything got better when I left religion...|||I didn%26#039;t change religions. I gained freedom from religion by being redeemed by the Blood of Christ!|||I agree with free spirits statement.
Edit- I did say the above statement but then it was no longer the above statement. /sigh|||Only being saved by JESUS has ever changed my life for the better! :D
Jesus is the meaning and purpose of life! Jesus is God, and Jesus loves you so very much! :D
Only Jesus truly satisfies our lives and brings true fulfillment to our souls. NOTHING ELSE will satisfy you, no matter what you acquire in life.
The meaning and purpose of life is to believe in Jesus alone for salvation, to be loved by Jesus and to love Him, and to glorify the Lord forever!
Salvation is a FREE GIFT that happens in a split second when you believe in Jesus alone to save you! It is impossible to lose or %26quot;leave%26quot; salvation (John 6:39-40, John 10:28, 1 John 5:13).
The truth about Jesus is that the only way to be saved and to get into heaven and avoid being sent to eternal hell, is by believing in faith alone that Jesus, who is God, died on the cross for all our sins as FULL PAYMENT for all our sins, and then Jesus rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). Believe in Jesus alone for salvation, and you will be in heaven, no matter what!
Please pray now: %26quot;Jesus, please forgive me of my sins. I believe that You died on the cross for my sins and You rose from the dead. Thank You for eternal life!%26quot; You will be in heaven with Him forever when you die! :D|||I%26#039;m a former atheist, and the Roman Catholic Faith has definitely changed my life for the better. I especially like the Eucharist and devotion to the holy rosary. See the following promises.
The rosary is explained here:
http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/鈥?/a>
The fifteen promises of Mary to Christians who recite the rosary:
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against Hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just, he shall remain in the grace of God and become worthy of eternal life.
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death, they shall participate in the merits of the saints in Paradise.
9. I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire Celestial Court during their life and at the hour of death.
14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
God bless!
Dave
Edit- I did say the above statement but then it was no longer the above statement. /sigh|||Only being saved by JESUS has ever changed my life for the better! :D
Jesus is the meaning and purpose of life! Jesus is God, and Jesus loves you so very much! :D
Only Jesus truly satisfies our lives and brings true fulfillment to our souls. NOTHING ELSE will satisfy you, no matter what you acquire in life.
The meaning and purpose of life is to believe in Jesus alone for salvation, to be loved by Jesus and to love Him, and to glorify the Lord forever!
Salvation is a FREE GIFT that happens in a split second when you believe in Jesus alone to save you! It is impossible to lose or %26quot;leave%26quot; salvation (John 6:39-40, John 10:28, 1 John 5:13).
The truth about Jesus is that the only way to be saved and to get into heaven and avoid being sent to eternal hell, is by believing in faith alone that Jesus, who is God, died on the cross for all our sins as FULL PAYMENT for all our sins, and then Jesus rose from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:1-4). Believe in Jesus alone for salvation, and you will be in heaven, no matter what!
Please pray now: %26quot;Jesus, please forgive me of my sins. I believe that You died on the cross for my sins and You rose from the dead. Thank You for eternal life!%26quot; You will be in heaven with Him forever when you die! :D|||I%26#039;m a former atheist, and the Roman Catholic Faith has definitely changed my life for the better. I especially like the Eucharist and devotion to the holy rosary. See the following promises.
The rosary is explained here:
http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/鈥?/a>
The fifteen promises of Mary to Christians who recite the rosary:
1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against Hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just, he shall remain in the grace of God and become worthy of eternal life.
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death, they shall participate in the merits of the saints in Paradise.
9. I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire Celestial Court during their life and at the hour of death.
14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
God bless!
Dave
What's been the biggest, most dramatic and life-changing event in your life?
For example, moving to a different country; getting your big-break in terms of your career; being reunited with someone etc. What would you say is the single biggest and most life-changing event in your life? How and why did it come about? How has it affected you?|||Giving birth to a healthy boy 18 years ago, I hope to have another life-changing event before I die.|||Finding God
I have had the most amazing stuff happen to me,since giving my life to Christ!
I see visions....I know certain things, that would have been impossible...when I pray, I feel hands on me, like %26#039;angels%26#039;.
I work inside a mens jail, and have the most awsome experiences...my life is awsome!|||erm... im only 16 and no dramatically lifechanging events have happened in my ligfe just yet
i would include stuff like:
moving to the area i have lived now for 12 years from london
going to secondary school...|||Tricking my gorgeous angel of a wife into marrying a low-brow clown like me.|||getting pregnant|||COLLEGE. do is even have to explain why? lol.
college is as fun as it is hard.
it is life-changing because you learn a lot about life.|||The birth of my son 13 years ago next week, you become a responsible person overnight, the realisation that you have to care for and protect another human life turns everything on its head.
I don%26#039;t think I have to explain how he came about do I ?
I have had the most amazing stuff happen to me,since giving my life to Christ!
I see visions....I know certain things, that would have been impossible...when I pray, I feel hands on me, like %26#039;angels%26#039;.
I work inside a mens jail, and have the most awsome experiences...my life is awsome!|||erm... im only 16 and no dramatically lifechanging events have happened in my ligfe just yet
i would include stuff like:
moving to the area i have lived now for 12 years from london
going to secondary school...|||Tricking my gorgeous angel of a wife into marrying a low-brow clown like me.|||getting pregnant|||COLLEGE. do is even have to explain why? lol.
college is as fun as it is hard.
it is life-changing because you learn a lot about life.|||The birth of my son 13 years ago next week, you become a responsible person overnight, the realisation that you have to care for and protect another human life turns everything on its head.
I don%26#039;t think I have to explain how he came about do I ?
If you were going to write a book about the three most life changing events in your life what would they be?
If you were going to write a book about the three most life changing events in your life what would they be?|||1. Joining the U.S. Army.
2. Becoming a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints.
3. Highway travels as a motorcyclist.|||Thank you for selecting my reply as best. Actually, I have written many short stories pertaining to all three junctures in my life. And they continue.
|||birth of my children, divorcing my ex, moving from the atlantic ocean to the gulf coast (away from all family and friends)|||1. going to germany
2. meeting my best friend
3. getting my master%26#039;s degree|||I would write about the abuse I experienced in childhood that nearly drove me to suicide.
I would write about being rescued from suicide by encountering the real love of God through Jesus Christ
The last choice is harder, because my marriage was life changing, my children%26#039;s births were life changing and I have had to go through a process of healing in my mid-life to finally heal from the abuse of my childhood.
If I were going to write a book I guess I would pick the healing process I%26#039;ve been going through for the third major life changing event.
This would be a true, autobiographical book. It would have very dark elements to it but I would like to bring out the love of God that rescued me when all human love was denied me.
2. Becoming a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints.
3. Highway travels as a motorcyclist.|||Thank you for selecting my reply as best. Actually, I have written many short stories pertaining to all three junctures in my life. And they continue.
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|||birth of my children, divorcing my ex, moving from the atlantic ocean to the gulf coast (away from all family and friends)|||1. going to germany
2. meeting my best friend
3. getting my master%26#039;s degree|||I would write about the abuse I experienced in childhood that nearly drove me to suicide.
I would write about being rescued from suicide by encountering the real love of God through Jesus Christ
The last choice is harder, because my marriage was life changing, my children%26#039;s births were life changing and I have had to go through a process of healing in my mid-life to finally heal from the abuse of my childhood.
If I were going to write a book I guess I would pick the healing process I%26#039;ve been going through for the third major life changing event.
This would be a true, autobiographical book. It would have very dark elements to it but I would like to bring out the love of God that rescued me when all human love was denied me.
Do those self-help books on Oprah Winfrey about changing your life really work?
I%26#039;ve seen some people on her show and their lives have been transformed.
Do you think if I read something by Jilly Cooper that my life might change?|||That would be an ecumenical matter.|||The only thing that transforms your life is believing in and following Jesus.|||they haven%26#039;t helped oprah, she has blobbed out again!|||no|||At least for the duration of a 60 minute interview.|||It is a load of fecking rubbish.|||Nope. You are the one who changes your life, not someone who writes a book. You can get tips from the book, but that only works if 1. you have the same problems as the author did, and 2. you actually take the effort to do more than just skim though it!|||if you bought a few copies and your short, they could make you temporarily taller!|||Agree with 6ofus on that one!|||Denis Leary was certainly impressed by Oprah -- he spends an entire chapter singing her praises in his new book, %26quot;Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy, and Stupid%26quot;...|||Marketing Monsters like Dr. Phil and Oprah only show 5 minutes of some body%26#039;s life, improvements do not take place in sound bites but they can leave a permanent impression in your mind.|||Oprah Winfrey can%26#039;t even change her life for the better, so how can she make your life better. It is the Lord who changes hearts and minds. If you want to be transformed, seek Jesus with all your heart.|||Oprah is the modern day equivalent of the Snake Oil Salesman. Her audience are suckers.
Oprah has done wonders with her community work and charities but that does not change the fact that she is like the man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz a phony|||no father... cup of tea father?|||Did Oprah%26#039;s book on weight loss work?Nope!
Do you think if I read something by Jilly Cooper that my life might change?|||That would be an ecumenical matter.|||The only thing that transforms your life is believing in and following Jesus.|||they haven%26#039;t helped oprah, she has blobbed out again!|||no|||At least for the duration of a 60 minute interview.|||It is a load of fecking rubbish.|||Nope. You are the one who changes your life, not someone who writes a book. You can get tips from the book, but that only works if 1. you have the same problems as the author did, and 2. you actually take the effort to do more than just skim though it!|||if you bought a few copies and your short, they could make you temporarily taller!|||Agree with 6ofus on that one!|||Denis Leary was certainly impressed by Oprah -- he spends an entire chapter singing her praises in his new book, %26quot;Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy, and Stupid%26quot;...|||Marketing Monsters like Dr. Phil and Oprah only show 5 minutes of some body%26#039;s life, improvements do not take place in sound bites but they can leave a permanent impression in your mind.|||Oprah Winfrey can%26#039;t even change her life for the better, so how can she make your life better. It is the Lord who changes hearts and minds. If you want to be transformed, seek Jesus with all your heart.|||Oprah is the modern day equivalent of the Snake Oil Salesman. Her audience are suckers.
Oprah has done wonders with her community work and charities but that does not change the fact that she is like the man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz a phony|||no father... cup of tea father?|||Did Oprah%26#039;s book on weight loss work?Nope!
What are some great quotes for changing your life?
I need some good quotes on success, perspective, adversity, overcoming procrastination anything that would improve my life. Thanks so much.|||these feelings are internal, never forget...|||%26#039;hold on, its gonna be a bumpy ride%26quot;|||“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.”
Here%26#039;s a great quote about adversity:
“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.”
-Arthur Golden|||Teddy Roosevelt: %26quot;When the going gets tough, the tough get going.%26quot;|||%26quot;A wise man seeks the counsel of many, but a fool is content in the thoughts of his own mind.%26quot; - proverbs|||existence precedes essence---satre, we make our own decisions and we choose to become who we are and we cannot blame any one for whatever would happen or not happen to us, for it is we who is responsible for every thing.|||%26quot;The definition of insanity is going the same things multiple times and expecting different results%26quot; Einstein ||| Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Emerson|||Get some fortune cookies. What? They have pretty good (and confusing) %26quot;quotes%26quot;.|||The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi
You cannot plough a field by
turning it over in your mind.
Author Unknown
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
|||%26quot;Just Do it.%26quot;
Can apply to working out, or doing something you thought of doing, but never applied yourself to it.
%26quot;What you put into something is what you will get out%26quot;
Applies to basically everything. The energy and thought and effort you put into something is what will be returned to you. I am a musician, and apply this to practicing on my instrument. What I put into practicing, comes out in real results and improved ability later on. If I don%26#039;t practice, it shows. When I do practice, it shows.|||I got a few.
%26quot;If you get hit, show the other cheek.%26quot; -Jesus
%26quot;Never great in grace the one fighting for his own.%26quot; -Me (I made it)
It is meant to make people help others, instead of being selfsih.
%26quot;I don%26#039;t agree with oyu, but I%26#039;ll fight until the end to obtain you the right to say it.%26quot; -Voltair
%26quot;Falls are meant to get up again.%26quot; -Alfred in Batman, the biginning (lol I%26#039;m not kidding, but I heard it in french so it may not translated perfectly)
%26quot;Who would be the man not trying to make his world better?%26quot;
-writen on wood, Kingdom of Heaven
%26quot;The limit is always settled by yourself.%26quot; -Me
%26quot;What%26#039;s the power and knowledge if not to be used to help weaks.%26quot; -Me
%26quot;Never say to a well oyu%26#039;l never needs his water.%26quot; -unkown
(it means you never know who you will be needing)
%26quot;Fools affirm, savants know and wise men think.%26quot; -unknown
and there are more, but I basically live thinking: have fun, be right, help others.|||My absolute favorite:
%26quot;Never make anyone your priority who only makes you their option%26quot;.
Live by it!!!!!:)
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
“I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
%26quot;Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.%26quot; ~Mark Twain|||Just when life seemed surely over, the caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly|||%26quot;be the change you wish to see in the world%26quot; - ghandi
%26quot;Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you%26#039;ve never been hurt and live like it%26#039;s heaven on Earth.%26quot; Mark Twain
%26quot;Don%26#039;t cry because it%26#039;s over, smile because it happened.%26quot;— Dr. Seuss
%26quot;Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.%26quot;— Maya Angelou
%26quot;Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.%26quot;— Albert Einstein
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%26quot;You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough%26quot;— Mae West
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%26quot;How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.%26quot;— Anne Frank
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%26quot;Everything you can imagine is real. %26quot;— Pablo Picasso
%26quot;Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.%26quot;— Mother Teresa
No day but today|||If I were to wish for anything,
I should not wish for wealth and power,
but for the passionate sense of the potential,
for the eye which, ever young and ardent,
sees the possible …
what wine is so sparkling,
so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!
-Soren Kierkegaard-
Sometimes we live our lives like puzzle pieces turned upside.
Then along comes life, and it starts flipping them over,
showing us and the world who we are.
Success Quotes:
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don%26#039;t do too many things wrong.
-Warren Buffett-
Success is somebody else%26#039;s failure. Success is the American Dream we can keep dreaming because most people in most places, including thirty million of ourselves, live wide awake in the terrible reality of poverty.
-Ursula K. Le Guin-
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
-Bob Dylan-
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don%26#039;t do too many things wrong.
-Warren Buffett-
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
-Sir Winston Churchill-
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
-Benjamin Franklin-
It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
-Roger Babson-
Perspective Quotes:
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
-Abraham Lincoln-
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
-Albert Einstein-
When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.
-Albert Einstein-
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.
-Albert Schweitzer-
There%26#039;s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that%26#039;s your own self.
-Aldous Huxley-
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
-Alexander Graham Bell-
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
-Arthur Schopenhauer-
Normal is in the eyes of the beholder.
-Whoopi Goldberg-
Adversity Quotes:
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
-Henry Fielding-
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
-Tacitus-
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
-Martha Graham-
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
-Anais Nin-
Love is maintain%26#039;d by wealth: when all is spent,
Adversity then breeds the discontent
-Robert Herrick-
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
- Maxims Publilius Syrus-
A true friend is tested in adversity
-Quintus Ennius-
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe-
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
-Boethius-
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
-Tacitus-
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
-Ulysses S Grant-
Any man can win when things go his way, it%26#039;s the man who overcomes adversity that is the true champion.
-Jock Ewing-
In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.
-James Burgh-
Overcoming Procrastinatio Quotes:
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”
-William James-
“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”
-Don Marquis -
“Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait…The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don’t count.”
- Robert Anthony-
“In delay there lies no plenty.”
- William Shakespeare -
“Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.”
- Victor Kiam -
“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.”
- Eva Young -
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”
- George Claude Lorimer -
“Don’t fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all.”
- Mignon McLaughlin -
“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep |||honesty, faithful, dedicated to work|||“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” - Anatole France
“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” - Pamela Vaull Starr
“You see things; and you say, %26#039;Why?%26#039; But I dream things that never were; and I say, %26#039;Why not?%26#039;” - George Bernard Shaw
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” - Thomas Alva Edison
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” - Albert Einstein
“He is able who thinks he is able.” - Buddha
“Recognition is the greatest motivator.” - Gerard C. Eakedale
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” - Albert Einstein
“People often say that motivation doesn%26#039;t last. Well, neither does bathing - that%26#039;s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar
Here%26#039;s a great quote about adversity:
“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.”
-Arthur Golden|||Teddy Roosevelt: %26quot;When the going gets tough, the tough get going.%26quot;|||%26quot;A wise man seeks the counsel of many, but a fool is content in the thoughts of his own mind.%26quot; - proverbs|||existence precedes essence---satre, we make our own decisions and we choose to become who we are and we cannot blame any one for whatever would happen or not happen to us, for it is we who is responsible for every thing.|||%26quot;The definition of insanity is going the same things multiple times and expecting different results%26quot; Einstein ||| Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Emerson|||Get some fortune cookies. What? They have pretty good (and confusing) %26quot;quotes%26quot;.|||The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi
You cannot plough a field by
turning it over in your mind.
Author Unknown
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
|||%26quot;Just Do it.%26quot;
Can apply to working out, or doing something you thought of doing, but never applied yourself to it.
%26quot;What you put into something is what you will get out%26quot;
Applies to basically everything. The energy and thought and effort you put into something is what will be returned to you. I am a musician, and apply this to practicing on my instrument. What I put into practicing, comes out in real results and improved ability later on. If I don%26#039;t practice, it shows. When I do practice, it shows.|||I got a few.
%26quot;If you get hit, show the other cheek.%26quot; -Jesus
%26quot;Never great in grace the one fighting for his own.%26quot; -Me (I made it)
It is meant to make people help others, instead of being selfsih.
%26quot;I don%26#039;t agree with oyu, but I%26#039;ll fight until the end to obtain you the right to say it.%26quot; -Voltair
%26quot;Falls are meant to get up again.%26quot; -Alfred in Batman, the biginning (lol I%26#039;m not kidding, but I heard it in french so it may not translated perfectly)
%26quot;Who would be the man not trying to make his world better?%26quot;
-writen on wood, Kingdom of Heaven
%26quot;The limit is always settled by yourself.%26quot; -Me
%26quot;What%26#039;s the power and knowledge if not to be used to help weaks.%26quot; -Me
%26quot;Never say to a well oyu%26#039;l never needs his water.%26quot; -unkown
(it means you never know who you will be needing)
%26quot;Fools affirm, savants know and wise men think.%26quot; -unknown
and there are more, but I basically live thinking: have fun, be right, help others.|||My absolute favorite:
%26quot;Never make anyone your priority who only makes you their option%26quot;.
Live by it!!!!!:)
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
“I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
%26quot;Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.%26quot; ~Mark Twain|||Just when life seemed surely over, the caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly|||%26quot;be the change you wish to see in the world%26quot; - ghandi
%26quot;Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you%26#039;ve never been hurt and live like it%26#039;s heaven on Earth.%26quot; Mark Twain
%26quot;Don%26#039;t cry because it%26#039;s over, smile because it happened.%26quot;— Dr. Seuss
%26quot;Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.%26quot;— Maya Angelou
%26quot;Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.%26quot;— Albert Einstein
259666
%26quot;You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough%26quot;— Mae West
3720
%26quot;How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.%26quot;— Anne Frank
3253
%26quot;Everything you can imagine is real. %26quot;— Pablo Picasso
%26quot;Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.%26quot;— Mother Teresa
No day but today|||If I were to wish for anything,
I should not wish for wealth and power,
but for the passionate sense of the potential,
for the eye which, ever young and ardent,
sees the possible …
what wine is so sparkling,
so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!
-Soren Kierkegaard-
Sometimes we live our lives like puzzle pieces turned upside.
Then along comes life, and it starts flipping them over,
showing us and the world who we are.
Success Quotes:
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don%26#039;t do too many things wrong.
-Warren Buffett-
Success is somebody else%26#039;s failure. Success is the American Dream we can keep dreaming because most people in most places, including thirty million of ourselves, live wide awake in the terrible reality of poverty.
-Ursula K. Le Guin-
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
-Bob Dylan-
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don%26#039;t do too many things wrong.
-Warren Buffett-
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
-Sir Winston Churchill-
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
-Benjamin Franklin-
It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
-Roger Babson-
Perspective Quotes:
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
-Abraham Lincoln-
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
-Albert Einstein-
When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.
-Albert Einstein-
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.
-Albert Schweitzer-
There%26#039;s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that%26#039;s your own self.
-Aldous Huxley-
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
-Alexander Graham Bell-
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
-Arthur Schopenhauer-
Normal is in the eyes of the beholder.
-Whoopi Goldberg-
Adversity Quotes:
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
-Henry Fielding-
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
-Tacitus-
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
-Martha Graham-
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
-Anais Nin-
Love is maintain%26#039;d by wealth: when all is spent,
Adversity then breeds the discontent
-Robert Herrick-
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
- Maxims Publilius Syrus-
A true friend is tested in adversity
-Quintus Ennius-
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe-
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
-Boethius-
We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
-Tacitus-
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
-Ulysses S Grant-
Any man can win when things go his way, it%26#039;s the man who overcomes adversity that is the true champion.
-Jock Ewing-
In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.
-James Burgh-
Overcoming Procrastinatio Quotes:
“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”
-William James-
“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”
-Don Marquis -
“Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait…The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don’t count.”
- Robert Anthony-
“In delay there lies no plenty.”
- William Shakespeare -
“Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.”
- Victor Kiam -
“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.”
- Eva Young -
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”
- George Claude Lorimer -
“Don’t fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all.”
- Mignon McLaughlin -
“If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep |||honesty, faithful, dedicated to work|||“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” - Anatole France
“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” - Pamela Vaull Starr
“You see things; and you say, %26#039;Why?%26#039; But I dream things that never were; and I say, %26#039;Why not?%26#039;” - George Bernard Shaw
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” - Thomas Alva Edison
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” - Albert Einstein
“He is able who thinks he is able.” - Buddha
“Recognition is the greatest motivator.” - Gerard C. Eakedale
“Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.” - Albert Einstein
“People often say that motivation doesn%26#039;t last. Well, neither does bathing - that%26#039;s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar
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