15 Times People Experienced Something Which Changed Their Ways Forever

I can still recall learning French on a well-known language-learning website a few years back. They had a forum page there that is no longer active as of the time of writing. I vividly recall one of the French course moderators being asked how she managed to fit everything in, to which she replied, "I don't find time, I take it." That has remained my way of thinking ever since it comes to availability and time management.
In a same manner, we have epiphanies throughout life. You know, we had a tendency to ignore the fact that there is more knowledge outside of that group when we were growing up in such a narrow circle for a long period. We'll present 15 additional realizations that some netizens experienced that transformed their life forever along with the one I had above today.

#1

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I used to cashier and was often way more honest than I should have been for working in customer service. Someone asked me how my day was going and I said “I’m considering abandoning ship.” It was during the worst time in my life and I was thinking of packing my bags and moving back across the country to where I grew up.
The customer responded: Don’t abandon the ship. Sail a different sea.
Completely changed how I look at situations and life as a whole.
I wish I could thank him.
I’m now a first-year high school English teacher which has been my dream since I was 11. I’m 33.

#2

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The realization that being angry is a choice.

#3

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Leaving all toxic people behind. 28 rn but have never been this happy before.

#4

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That I have full control of my own happiness. No matter what anyone says, it is their opinion and I have my own as well. What I do that will make me happy, I chose that… whatever the consequences are, I take full responsibility for it.
Happiest I have ever been in the past 2 decades. I wish I knew this when I was younger! I chose my choices!

#5

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When I realized that my life would be so much better for me, emotionally, when I let someone in my life go. Permanently.

#6

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When I learned that my doctors didn’t expect me to survive cancer. They told me I’d never see my 40th birthday.
I’m 45 now, but facing my own mortality completely changed me.

#7

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The moment in my life that changed the way I think was being told I had stage 3c ovarian cancer. It actually changed a lot more than my way of thinking.

#8

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When I found out the church I attended was a bunch of hypocrites and liars. Left that church and religion altogether when I realized all was based on lies and misinformation.

#9

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I never truly understood what real helplessness was until my infant daughter had an illness that she might never recover from. Thankfully everything is fine but I often think of that and it centers me on any life problems I might encounter to provide perspective.

#10

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When I was about 9 I went to spend Christmas with my grandmother in Zambia. She had an orphanage and every year would put on a Nativity play and hold a Christmas party for all the children in the village. This particular year she had it on my birthday (21st Dec).
I’d made friends with a girl about my age and even though we didn’t speak each other’s language we were instant friends, as only children can be. During the day my new friend gave me part of an eraser – needless to say, I was confused.
I asked my grandmother why she would give me part of my eraser and her response was ‘that little girl has nothing, but she still wanted to give you something for your birthday’.
To this day I remind myself that often people are giving all they can, even if it doesn’t seem like much to us.

#11

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When my son was about 5 I was doing some housework. He came to me and wanted me to play with him. I told him I was sorry, but I was busy. He said, “But you’re always busy.”
I put the housework aside and went and played with him. The housework could wait.

#12

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A black person I worked with was called the N-word by an angry customer. She turned to me and said, “there is nothing I can call you that will ever make you understand how much that hurts”. That completely changed my thinking.

#13

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I was doing an internship for my Ph.D. in psychology at a large, public hospital. I told my supervisor about a patient and he asked me what I did about the situation. I told him I didn’t do anything, that I waited to ask him. He said, “If you don’t do anything, who will?” That statement taught me to take on my professional role and step up to help. It guided me through a long career.

#14

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When I started a new job as a counselor for inmates in one of our city’s detention centers. I always thought people in jail failed society, but I realized I had it backward – society has failed these people.
I have since dedicated my practice to doing what our prisons fail to do – rehabilitating people, starting with basic skills, and mental health issues.

#15

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When I was maybe 9 or 10 I was jealous of the “rich” families in our small town, and I asked my mom why we didn’t have a nice new big house and a nice car.
She told me they probably aren’t really rich, they just have a lot of debt, and it has always stuck with me. Now as an adult I don’t feel jealous, I feel sorry for them because they feel the need to display their “wealth”.