What's the bravest thing you've done in your life?

Philippines
April 2, 2008 5:25pm CST
Can you recall the bravest thing you've done in your life? For me, I guess its when I lived and worked as a caregiver in Canada for six months. It wasnt that long, but for me being away from my home and family was really hard, not to mention living with a family that I dont even know. But thank God I survived that 6 months and the family was really kind to me and they treated me like Im part of their family.How about you?I'd love to hear about the bravest thing you've done.=)
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@alexigne (903)
• Philippines
3 Apr 08
There two things that for me is the bravest thing that i do. First is when i confront my father and tell him my feelings and how he hurt me. I know i hurt him but it really release all pain that i keep for a long time. It also helps us to know each other for a while and time to forgive.I believe that its the right thing to do because i let him know what is my true feelings for what happen for the past years. Second is when i pushed my ex-husband away from me and be single. It is because i told to my mother that i am not happy with him, eventhough people behind will criticize me. I choose to be happy with my family.
@alexigne (903)
• Philippines
3 Apr 08
There were still bitter but it help me to ease the pain. It was such a great feeling
• Philippines
3 Apr 08
Thats nice to hear..atleast now you have peace and you are happy with your life, no more bitternes right?=)
@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
2 Apr 08
I would say, it was the day I put out a burning forklift in a hanger bay that had two jets in it. At the time, I didn't consider it it brave. I just knew that there was no way to out run a jet fuel fire and explosion, so the only choice was to get the forklift fire out before it spread any further. I grabbed a guy that was running away like everyone else was, and convinced him it was the only way to survive, and the two of us gathered up every fire extinguisher we could find and sprayed it on the fire. Finally, the squadron from the other side of the hanger saw the smoke and some of them joined in, and we got the fire out. The guy that had been driving the forklift parked it in the bay where they stored all the huge tires. If the tires had caught fire, there was no way we could have put those fires out and the forklift would not run. We were very lucky that day. The Captain of the Base was very impressed. He was in the explosion zone so he was very glad that we had gotten the fire out too! Shalom~Adoniah
• Philippines
3 Apr 08
That was brave alright.. thanks for sharing..=)
• Philippines
3 Apr 08
If I was there I would also run like a mouse chased by a cat..LOL..your experience is really something..
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
i think the bravest thing i ever done was packing my bags and leaving my husband, when i left him i tag along our four children. didnt know how to feed them and how to get them a good education but i brought them along. he was an abusive man thats why. now i am a single mom of four kids and thank God they are still all in school and we have healthy food on the table. my first son will soon entering college another brave thing that i must face but God is good and although we need to sacrifice we have a good life now than the one we have when we are still with their dad.
• Philippines
3 Apr 08
Amen to that! God is really a good God and He is in control of EVERYTHING.. But Im sorry for what happened, still I believe that even in the most tragic situations God will turn around for good..Just keep the faith! God bless you more and may He continue to take care of you and your children..=)
• Philippines
3 Apr 08
I ment God can turn it around for good..;)
@gxnfly (1147)
• China
3 Apr 08
My bravest thing is dropping out of my college.I bet not many people have my courage to drop of school even if they want it so badly they just can take action.I am proud of myself,college is really my cup of coffee.My parents was really disappointed by what I did,but I did it and I am happy now,I never regreted it.
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
3 Apr 08
Hi Kitan! To me brave is dealing with my Son being deployed and not knowing if I'd see him. Being strong for him and keeping him stocked with cards and photo's and goodies from all his family. Thankfully he is back home now but in the past 6 years..he went from a boy just graduating High school with a full head of hair to a man who will be bald soon. Stress and loneliness..so sad but very Brave..my hero!
• Philippines
3 Apr 08
aaww...i believe thats really a heart-felt response..thanks for sharing..=)
• United States
3 Apr 08
The bravest thing I have done in my life is like a Jerry Springer story. I met a guy online that lived in Virginia Beach and I was from Iowa. We corresponded back in forth for almost a year, talked on the phone constantly, and on new years eve one year I visited him and he proposed and I accepted. After that we planned our wedding which was to be on the island of Jamaica in June that year, we made several plane trips back and forth to each others houses and in June we married in a beautiful ceremony in Jamaica. After the wedding I returned back to my home state and he to his and I started on the process of selling my house and getting my only son ready to go to college. In September with my son safely in college and my house sold, I loaded up all my belongings, said good-bye to my only son who was staying in Iowa to go to college and moved to Virginia Beach where I knew no one but this man, but all his family was there as well. I set up a house and changed my social security card and my drivers license and around January I couldn't figure out why I could not get my husbands health insurance. He told me things like they were switching contracts at work and got me temporary insurance which expired when he didn't pay the bill. The money I had invested in the marriage from the sale of my house disappeared and one day I called his x-wife who he had divorced six years prior to find out if she was still on his insurance and after a discussion with her I found out that yes indeed she was still on his insurance, that they had been legally separated for 6 years and married still for 14 and that my marriage was not legal....now I come from a small town where of course everyone knew that I had married in Jamaica, sold my house, and moved to Virginia Beach so the bravest thing I had to do in my life was to pack up my belongings into a U-haul, move back to Iowa and get an apartment site unseen, as I had rented it from Virginia. I had 80 dollars in my pocked and my income tax papers. Within a week, I was moved in, had a job, and started my life all over at 46 years old. That was three years ago and I am doing okay