Life changing experiences?

I’ve had two major life changing experiences thus far in my 23 years of life.

The first was getting clean. I was doing speed on a daily basis, and when I became clean, I realized many things that I had always done wrong; stealing, lying, cheating; and since I have become clean I have worked really hard on no longer doing these things in my daily life.

The second life changing experience I’ve had is having my daughter. For obvious reasons – she is the only thing that matters to me now.

Three major things stick out in my mind:
1. My mother’s death when I was 12
2. Having my babies.
3. Moving to a new city and state – away from the town where I was raised and lived my entire life. This set in motion a series of events that is still playing out and which has changed my life like nothing ever has to this date.

My parents were both dead, my only immediate family is a brother 7 years older than so I so we are not too close. I fell in love with an Aussie I met on the internet and moved to Australia. That was 11 years ago.

That was a pretty life changing experience, hehehehe. A very good one I should add.

My car crash injuries in 2004 change my life.
I had to give up my academic research career.
I left big city life and began living in small towns in rural areas.
I lost my financial independence.
I lost my ability to do normal activities without pain.
I lost the ability to sleep in a bed
I lost the ability to sleep through the night.
I became dependent on strong medications to partially control the pain.
I adapted to a quiet, inactive lifestyle.
I learned to appreciate every day of my life – I could easily have been killed instead.
I gave up my anger at the driver who injured me and the insurance company that screwed me.
I learned to be happy and appreciate the small things like time with family and friends.
Without the unwavering love of my wife I never would have made it to this point of peace in my life.

My girlfriend coming in at about 3 AM while I was visiting her [sleeping in the guest bedroom] and having a rough patch in our relationship and dropping a bomb on me that I was not expecting in the slightest.

We’re even closer but it has completely changed my mental state and somehow despite the inevitable I’m happy.

I have had so many it would take a book, I personally feel we all have them pretty much on a regular basis in our lives. Buying a car for the first time can change your life, having a baby, meeting a person that is different. I have also been sober for over 20 years having had an addiction problem. I also once went through a phase of hypnosis for want of a better word by using Louise Hay’s audio messages and that changed my life. My divorce changed me; God changed me sometimes I just get inspired and change.

One of my questions I posted yesterday has changed me in a wonderful way. So even Flutter and its people has changed me. I hope that all made sense?

Becoming the father of twins. Experience the support of the people in Kansas.

I’ll just list them chronologically:
*Realizing by about age 10 that I would never be able to socialize with others,
*Being a college student at an age when everyone else was in high school,
*My first experience in combat and being decorated for what I consider an act of stupidity,
*Meeting the lady who would become my wife,
*Being diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome,
*Losing my wife,
*Experiencing the hopelessness of mental breakdown and depression.

I almost bled to death from complications of a tonsillectomy…I believe that experience resonated throughout my life in that I knew a life force does move on to another realm. That our energy is all meshed together borrowed from here….focused and given to there. A constant give and take. Birth and death. A half a dozen near death experiences later I came to discover I am Clairsentient…I can feel people energy. Whether this is related to knocking on the other sides door so many times….not sure. But these things together had brought to me a unique way of experiencing my world around me in a hyper sensitive way. My regular every day responsibilities over the last 15 years numbed away this ability until very recently a woman I know who herself is grounded in this world expressed in a very sincere way how life is too short…Look up and see what you have been missing in your life….I did and oh boy I was stunned to say the least when I reconnected to this life energy that we all are plugged into. Ever since then I have a renewed sense of purpose towards living life to it’s fullest in the little time we all really have in this world.

1. Being an exchange student in Japan.
2. Getting sober and staying sober.

Too many of those to list. One of the most memorable was the first time I realized someone was shooting at ME, not just in my general direction, but specifically at ME! Now THAT can change your entire outlook in an instant! : D

When my son was born, I turned my whole life around. He was so perfect and sweet, I knew right then and there I had to make myself into the best mother ever. Even the loss of two husbands in the next ten years couldn’t ruin that.

My Son was diagnosed Autistic. I quickly learned what is really important and what is not. I have learned well how to advocate for my Son. I leaned how to document the facts and make the incompetent Teachers and Psychologist into fools. My Son has always been in an appropriate ABA program. Despite that the immoral idiots from the district lie to my face yearly.
Sadly I have also learned to disrespect most Teachers and Psychologist . That most people can not be trusted. That I must be grateful for my family and the wonderful Teachers my Son has. I have also learn that some Parents will use you and I can not trust other Parents; but not some Parents have become real Friends.

Bad things:
Being present for both of my parents death.
Having my psycho boss attempt to get me fired.
Having my daughter turn to drugs and gangs.

Good things:
Being hired by a company that I knew meant lifetime employment.
Having a girl tell me she loved me, and knowing she meant it.
Becoming a father.