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Did you have a turning point?

At what age did you have a turning point? By turning point I mean when you decided to make a drastic change in your life for either good or bad, to become mature, to change, etc. Some people make such a change in their teen years, when was yours and what was your big change?

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My turning point was when I was 22 years old.  I used to party alot and didn't really care much about what I did.  But something inside me told me I needed to change.  So, I quit all the partying and started to settle myself down.  A month after I settled myself down, I found out I was pregnant.  Talk about a turning point.  ;)  My daughter was the best thing to have ever happened to me.  It really was a huge 'reality check' in my life.  I wasn't just living my life for me, I was now living my life for my child as well.  Which also helped me to make the decision to leave her abusive father and raise her on my own.  The road was full of many trying times and difficulties, but I managed to pull us through.  I am thankful that I was blessed with my daughter at that time, because there is no telling where I would be now.

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My turning point was when I was 23. I never did anything to embarrass my family but all the opposite, I always did what they ask me too. But when some members of my family wanted to choose between them and the person I wanted to get married, then my turning point came. I was an adult, I knew what I wanted to do and most of all, I knew the person I was going to marry was a great man, a religious person, caring and supportive. So even though I loved my family, they didn't have basis on their opposition but just normal jealousy and feeling of loneliness if I left. I decided to have a turning point, and take the decisions I wanted to take by myself and I did it. It was not easy at all and the consequences of my decisions still affecting people but I do not regret because I know it was the right thing to do.

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well I am quite young so I don't have a turning point yet.

However, i'm hoping that going to university will be a turning point for me, with new friends new experiences and becoming more independant, and hopefully more confident too. Although i think it could either go really good for me or quite bad :-/ but i'm going to go to it with a positive attitude.
I heard a psychologist say before you teach people how to treat you so at uni therw will be new people and I can teach them how to treat me and everything will be better. That's what I hope anyway.



@JB I notice you post a lot of interesting topics but sometimes you don't start by giving your answers to the question. So come on then, what was your turning point?

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This topic was discussed in church last Sunday.  The teacher asked the same question -- what led you to the straight and narrow, or what derailed you from that path (and she used railroad tracks and switching points to make her point).

I've had a couple of turning points.  The latest one that brought me back to the right path was nearly identical to Miss Shady.  I had already made a decision to settle down and become an adult (and this at the ripe old age of 37!) and I had left an abusive man, moved to an entirely new city, had a new job... and found myself pregnant.  so it doubled my resolve to be responsible.  it's been a long, difficult path, but one I'll not likely leave again.  My daughter's life is at stake now, also.

Roz

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Earlier this semester,a professor in a class asked us to write down three major events that changed us the most.  I wrote down: 1) Couldn't get married at the temple at first; 2) Studied in BYUH; and 3) Got diagnosed of Melanoma.  

Well, my stupidity caused me to have to wait for one year to be sealed at the temple, not that I have sinned, okay? But that experience really hurt me.  I cried for weeks until I finally had enough pity party and admitted, "Yah, I'm stupid, so what? sue me!"  That really helped me understand sometimes when we have done all the best, it takes courage and wisdom to "let go."

Studying in BYUH was a huge boost of my self-esteem, simply because of the great trusts my professors on me, allowing me to make my mistakes and supporting my decisions and pursuits, that's something I never experienced in my own country before.  It helps me soooo much!  It changed many of my decisions later on in life.

I was diagnosed of having cancer 4 years ago and once thought that I was so close to death.  I got cleaned now, so far so good.  I learned that one should live today like there will be no tomorrow, but always plan like you'll never die.

Sometimes it takes experience like this to make one understand how beautiful  life is.  (Well, if you can hear my "background music" now -- my kids are fighting, screaming, and crying at this very minute  Aaaaaargh>:( -- I'm so grateful to this important truth.)

Edited: tenaheff on 25th Nov, 2003 - 5:38pm

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Chener, what a great example of courage you are! I'm very glad to hear you are okay with your health right now. Thanks for sharing your story with us.

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Cool, church is still true isn't it?  ;D
Thank you for your respond.