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What has had the biggest influence on your life?

Asked by allen_o (1493points) March 18th, 2008 from iPhone

it can be anything, person, event, place, song. I had a near death experience when I was 18 that made me take life a bit more seriously. What about you?

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squirbel's avatar

People come and go in my life. But someone once said to me when I was 10, “An oak tree is just a nut that held its ground.”

I thought about all the crap a nut has to go through – squirrels, being washed away, snow, wind, storms, lightening… And thought it was the coolest saying ever.

And so I stick all the bad times out, because “this too shall pass”.

hearkat's avatar

My son. Being a parent, and especially a single parent, puts a ton of responsibility on one’s shoulders. I come from a highly dysfunctional childhood, and his father’s childhood was literally a nightmare. I was determined not to continue that legacy. In choosing to be an involved parent, and teaching my son how to make discerning decisions and to love and respect himself, I have in essence, re-parented myself and taught those same lessons to me. I once thought I was a hopeless case, but now I can honestly say that I am happy and beautiful, and I am proud of the young man my son has become.

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