Have your ever experienced a 90,180 or 360 degree turn/change in your life

@RobinJ (2501)
Canada
April 23, 2008 10:33am CST
Hi every one Have any of you ever had your life literally change, direction in a very short time , to the degree that every thing you knew or believed was changed. I would say it probably would have to be almost life changing, such as a death, marriage, birth , break up etc. So my question is can you point to the day the world changed for you and was it a good or bad change. My personal pivotal point was the day I understood that I was a very passive person, and changed to assertive not aggressive, in just one moment of recognition.I would call it a 360 change. This discussion is open to every one who cares to answer
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@weemam (13372)
23 Apr 08
About 2 years ago I thought things were going quite well in my life except for Dad having just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's . he was doing OK and just progressing slowly, Then I almost lost my hubby when he had a triple bypass , My son was taken into hospital and to top it all Mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer's too , I changed my priorities completly , now we live for today , we make good memories , and we thank God every day that we are all still here to love and care for each other , nothing else is more important , I think I did a complete turn around xxx
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@RobinJ (2501)
• Canada
24 Apr 08
I find that no matter what we are faced with we find a bit of strength that we never even knew we possessed, You are a shining example of this . Take care my dear friend I think of you often robin
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@weemam (13372)
24 Apr 08
Thanks pal xx
@weemam (13372)
5 May 08
Thanks for the BR pal , I hope you are well , xxxx
@LadyDulce (830)
• United States
24 Apr 08
You do realize that making a 360 degree change merely means that you've only moved in a full circle? That is, you're in the same place you started. You probably mean a 180 degree turn. Just a thought. Blessed Be
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@RobinJ (2501)
• Canada
24 Apr 08
Yes I know 360 is a full circle, and in a way I do mean 360 because we are constantly making changes to or lives. and if you are correct in saying we come back to the place we started, I do so with so much more knowledge I look at my life as a circle, and I have always been me, that I can not change nor want to, But how I deal with what I meet on the trip will, always be different because I know 257 ways to do a lot of things wrong, but I do also know how to do one thing right So am I a top going around an around on circles yes but it is never the same circle But i appreciate you thoughts and yes you are right
@roadrat (274)
• United States
23 Apr 08
i majored in art during school. enlisted in the military (180 degrees) but my highers found out i illustrated and used it for staff briefings (360). when i got out, i hired onto a manufacturer (180) but they learned i had a graphics background and i became their graphic operations manager (360). we were bought out and corporate downsized so i entered store support and eventually sales and marketing for retail (180). they found out i illustrated and i became merchandising and displays (360). soon after i became a distributor for nutritional suppliments (180) but by now, i have become semi retired and have re-entered the art market for fine art and sculpture (360). most recently i was invited to complete my federal service (180). i travel on a continuous and returning path that spirals up and expands outward. one aspect of many vortecies that influence our lives. good query, robin.
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@RobinJ (2501)
• Canada
24 Apr 08
I would love to see picture of your art as well as sculpture, I have not visited you profile page but will do so immediately after I finish this post. I find your word inspiring and thoughtful thank you
• India
24 Apr 08
Yes, there has been frequent changes in my life. But all were in the negative. But I still go on striving to make a positive change. I often wonder when I shall be successful.
• Philippines
24 Apr 08
My life has already undergone full circle. Before the age of 5, I had lived a comfortable life. My needs are given as well as my wants. Until suddenly my dad started to be involved with another woman. Things in our household changed. We saw how my mom was beaten for no reasons at all. My sister and I wasn't spared as well. Finances started to change as well. My mom was basically the one who is earning for the family. My dad started to live with the mistress so we don't get to receive anything from him. My mom won't allow our misfortune to get in the way of a good education. She struggled to keep sending us to a good private school. We were forced to live in a very tiny room. Sometimes because we lack enough money we just get to eat tomatoes, soy sauce and rice for dinner. But this didn't hinder us from doing well in school. We get good grades. Around the age of 12, my dad soon came back to us. My mom being a good person that she is accepted him. We are aware of what happened. We also feel anger and pain from what he did. But my mom never let us think of him as a very bad person enough to totally hate him. It also helped that we are surrounded by the help of the priest and nuns who often tell us that our father is sick because of the devil and we need to pray hard so that he will learn to fight him back. I think our prayers were heard. he did came back. Even if he came back, the changes was not abrupt. It has undergone a process. Now at 30, I can say we are living comfortably. We had the opportunity to travel. We have our own house. We have our own car. Totally different from what we have experienced when we were young. At least with my struggle, I learned to appreciate life, the value of money and most especially the power of prayers.
• Philippines
24 Apr 08
I'm just 18 years old. I don't know if I can consider myself so young or a little old for my age. There have been a lot of experiences that changed my life. The gears have turned, and I just found myself re-evaluating my life. I may appear very shallow but there's this idol group that I loved and adored, and today, it's been seven months since they were disbanded by their management. So, it's been seven months since I just cry over my breakfast, stare blankly into space, bawl my guts out, and feel bad about the whole thing. It changed my perspectives, but I became a stronger person.
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
24 Apr 08
My personal life changes over the last few years have been to the point that I am amazed that the turns I have experienced haven't resulted in me getting dizzy and falling over!! I have had my marriage end; been relocated to three different countries in three years; have pretty much given up every material thing I owned in the process other than what I have in my suitcase...... It has been difficult in many ways; yet profoundly eye opening in others! What I have ultimately learned though; is that no matter what life throws at you, there is always a silver lining. Secondly, I now realize how little the material things I had in my life previously actually mean. I am sure that there are many more twists and turns to come that's for sure!