The Event That Changed Who You Were as a Person
It changed the rest of your life!
I chose this picture because an event set fire to the person I was before the event, and I was a different person for the rest of my life.
How about you?
I’m guessing you also went through something—probably while still in school, or while working. Did your boss ever unwrap a peppermint from the bowl on your desk, then throw the wrapper at your face? At your nose?
Or maybe you were married, or thinking about getting married?
An example
I read about a skinny plain-looking man who married a plain-looking, obese woman. She immediately decided to lose weight to be prettier. She lost 300 pounds and became unrecognizable, thanks to numerous plastic surgeries.
Her husband felt ugly compared to his “new” wife, who didn’t behave the way she had before.
He decided to have plastic surgeries, too. He changed his face, his body, and liked the “new” person he’d become. Other women liked who he’d become.
He realized his wife had become a new person. So had he.
They no longer recognized each other. You can guess what happened.
The event that changed who I was. Forever.
I was 18. In high school, I’d been too shy and uncomfortable about being chosen to try out for cheerleading.
I had a wonderful boyfriend. But when my father told me I had to break up with him, I didn’t protest. My father wasn’t someone I could say, “No!” to.
That was the beginning of the event. A year after we graduated, I spent six miserable months. Another situation where I couldn’t say “No!”
The New Linda
When those months were behind me, I realized I wasn’t the same person.
If anything like those six months showed up in my life, I didn’t hesitate to back away. To scream “NO!” if necessary.
I contacted my high school sweetheart and told him I still loved him. He loved me, too. We were married within six months. What a difference!
We’ve been married 53 years. A perfect marriage? No marriage is perfect. But we got through every challenge.
How? By measuring each challenge against an absolute.
Could I imagine my life without him? No. He felt the same way.
Back to You
If you’ve never experienced a life-changing event, you may be the only one on Earth who hasn’t gone through one.
No need to explain what happened. Remember who you were before, then after the event.
Please send me an email message, with details about who you were before the event, and who you became because of it.
I promise it will be confidential. No one else will read that email.
P.S.
I went through another event that changed my life. A dream I’d had and worked toward for 16 years, shattered. It left me stranded in depression for a decade while I was experiencing another life-changing event.
I don’t know yet if I’ve changed enough to recapture that dream and nourish it for the next 20 years. I’ll know by Christmas. And, I’ll let you know if I’ve pieced together that shattered dream.
Hugs,
Linda