Has you life ever changed suddenly?

Yes, life's little surprises. Hmmm. Yes, turns in the road of life can definitely teach us things. I also think that sometimes something awful has to happen to us to teach us the road we need to be on. I have had a good job and been thrown off by sickness. Also had a marriage that got into a rut and things went a rye. Life is interesting. And things were going okay with the Tennessee biker until I took things in my hands and blew that all out of the water. Ya, life is interesting.

Well I am sure that a lot of people might say the same but I think the biggest change that happened in my life would be the birth of my children. My whole life had to change when they were born but it was most definately an amazingly great change. Sometime even if sudden and unexpected change can be exactly what some may need.

I believe that every one of us have these turns in the road of life in order to help us understand that we are not always in control of what happens in our lives. I remember as a teenager I lost my best friend when she moved due to a change in her family situation and thinking that it was cruel that she couldn't stay where she was. The birth of my daugter was a turning point in my life as I had to realize that life was not about just me anymore. It involved other people and someone that I had to take care of. The same thing happened when my second daughter was born. The day I met my husband was another such day as it seemed that I had my life planned out as a single mother until that fateful day and as I grew to know him and he treated her as his own and I realized that there would be someone else. I believe that we must be on our toes and expect the unexpected occasionally.

yes, surprises happen. good or bad, they do come. i've had my share too. with the bad ones, i learn to become stronger and take them as challenges. one should never fear the unknown especially if it's something that's threatening to turn your life upside down. knowing also that your response or reaction to these nasty surprises are going to shape your destiny is very important. so i learned to keep my focus too and never forget what and who are important to me. as for the good ones, i consider them bonuses and learn to appreciate them, lol.

I guess the biggest thing like this to happen to me was early in 1999 when I found out that I was going to become a parent later that year. It was a bit of a shock as I was not living with my partner at the time. We had split up and were still really good friends and but we were living in different states. We just happened to get very close again when she came to visit on a holiday. She went home and I got on with my life as a single man living with a couple of friends and then I got the phone call! Bang! Life changed forever at that moment! But I am glad it did as it has turned out pretty well. We now are married and the daughter that we had in 1999 is turning 11 in a couple of weeks time. We also have a 9 year old son. They are both great and changed my life for the better!

yeah i wish my life would suddenly change so i can change the way of life or situation i have now.i hope sooner life will change for me.just last year i have a very singing job in china but suddenly got problems with visa there so i went home and stayed home for 10 moths now.the upcoming job for november in abu dabhi i hope will bring me new hopes and dreams to start dreaming a life again

Hi JenIn Yes mine did when I was diagnosed with my Illness, lost my Job, then was told I would not be able to work again, due to my Illness it had it's good points and bad The Good Point, I was able to get strength to finish a 21 year Marriage of verbal and mental abuse I am stronger now then I was before But there are still many bad points on it to but never mind that is Life

There have been alot of things happening in my life lately that I believe have all uprooted my regular routine and have caused me to rethink everything that I am doing in my life. I don't think that any of it is for the good, but I am sure that I will learn a life lesson from this.

Several times this has happened to me. And when reviewed I can see how this chanaged my life, was it better or worse, who can really tell?

My life changed drastically on 9/11. After working for the same company for 25 years I lost my job at the World Trade Center on December 31, 2001. Yes I was working at the WTC on 9/11 but by the end of that year the job was gone. I would be still living in New York if it wasn't for 9/11 making a great salary with benefits. I sold my home in NY in 2007 and moved to New Mexico to be with my daughters and granddaughter. Now this year I sold my home in New Mexico and have moved to Puerto Rico. I know none of this would have happened if it wasn't for that deadly day. However, I was able to spend 3 years with my grandaughter enjoying her first years of life which I wouldn't have been able to have if I was still in New York. Nor would I have taken a writing course to learn to write children's books. So I do have alot of good and bad that came about from that day that changed my life suddenly without warning. However, I believe everything happens for a reason and I feel blessed each and everyday for the life I have.

A few years ago, I was living in a different continent, with a good job and young family. One day, I got an email to attend a meeting about a possible job opportunity someplace else. I think I had nothing to do so I went. That very day it was decided that it'll be a good idea that I move. The following day, everything changed in my life that everything I did was in anticipation of the move. A few months later I was here. Just becaust I had nothing to do that day. I think it is for the better, but I'll hold off on that decision yet.

Oh yes it has and more than once. I woke up one morning ready to go to work and found that I couldnt even lift my cup of coffee...it hurt my back just to breathe. Eventually, I had to quit my job as I couldnt go back. I thought it was the end of the world but managed to find something online but I still felt it wasnt fair. Then my husband went on strike and thats when I knew that I had done the right thing and this bad thing that happened to me was actually a good thing. We managed more than well with my job online after I told my boss that I needed to make more money...it saved our house!! Sometimes we dont see the good in what happens right then and there but down the line, then we see it. Hope your bad situation turns out to be a surprise in disguise!!

Well, it has, but not in an unexpected way or anything. I moved abroad, to a new country a while ago, and that changed everything for me, for better and worse. But I made the choice myself and prepared for it for a long time, so it wasn't a surprise or anything, obviously. But it had a much bigger impact on me that I would have thought!

yes....life has changed toooo much after certain unwanted things in life!! sometimes its hard to understand whether these changes r for good or bad!!

Good morning Jen, I have had alot of changes in my life, some good some not. I don't think we ever get too old to not still have them. guess they keep us on our toes. I hope all your changes are good ones. Happy monday to u.

Yes Jen, its happened several times to me. The first was when like a bolt out of the blue iwas detected with Muscular Dystrophy 40 years ago.My life changed completely after that. Then the direction of my education changed suddenly when i switched over from science college to architecture.Then for 10 years my life was on a humdrum track as i kept on switching jobs frequently from one to another.Suddenly i was selected by my last company to go and work in one of the Gulf staes wher i was able to earn 10 times more than what i had been earning.Then in that same job my life took a spiritual turn and i went from the materialistic life to the spiritual. When i returned to my country i found my Guru who intitiated me into the formal path of Yoga and meditation, something i had never dreamed would happen in my life.

Life has a way of changing your plans. It happens to me every day in little ways. Just today I was at the mall looking desperately for a new bag but could not find one I liked anywhere and I had been looking for days! Anyway I did my grocery shopping after the bag expedition and when I got home and unpacked it all I realised I had forgotten one item so I jumped in the car and headed to our local store and lo and behold this little Chinese shop that sells clothing and accessories had the perfect bag for the perfect price and I absolutely love it! Now buying a new bag is hardly life changing but it is a small example how life works, things happen when you least expect them sometimes. I would have to say that finding out I was pregnant after six years of trying at a time when I had given up all fertility treatment and moved in a small house built for two was the biggest turnaround of my life, bigger than getting married!

I think no any incident happen in my life which changes my life suddenly. Because I have hear about many person that their life have been changed after an incidents. But this is never happen in my life. And my life is as usually going. I think changes are necessary for sometimes when a person want to some good in their life.

since i met my bf my life has changed for the better. he makes my life even more beautiful and i learned how to be even more optimistic and not to mind those who dont deserve respect and attention. =)

Well, life always changed but, there was one day September 13,2010. That day, my life went totally down and all dark. For several days, I did not eat properly, I did not give notice to others, and I kind of was pissed all the time. Then, one day, I decided to do something, I dieted, I started going to the gym. Now, I am 80% okay. I have started to lose weight and am getting slimmer and slimmer. Though, there was still something missing till to date. I try to have a bright out look. Life does change 24 hours and seven days a week. But you can not really stagnate like that. Life and change is a good thing. I just wish, I could be happy again from time to time.