Can one hour change everything?

[Chantilyvamp]

Do you ever wonder how long it takes to change your life? What measure of time is enough to be life-altering? Is it four years, like high school? One year? An eight-week walking tour? Can your life change in a month, or a week, or a single day? We're always in a hurry to grow up, to go places, to get ahead... but when you're young, one hour can change everything. ~ One Tree Hill

Maybe I have been watching to much tv the last few weeks or maybe just thing a lot about the twists of fate.

What do you believe young or old... can one hour change everything? Has you life changed in one hour and how?

 

[damppanties]

What do you believe young or old... can one hour change everything? Has you life changed in one hour and how?

Yes. Life, not so much, as the perception I had in life. I felt like I grew up after getting my hands on some personal reading material that I wasn't supposed to read. My outlook changed completely. I realized things are not always as they appear to be. It sure felt like everything had changed, because I learned to look at everything differently.

 

[impressive]

Yes. Life, not so much, as the perception I had in life.

Yup. Many times.

And, as for life actually changing, there are several pivotal hours in my life. The birth of my oldest son, for example, turned my life upside down and shook it like the universe was looking for pocket change.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I find that life changing events often occur in an instant.

 

[jomar]

I find that life changing events often occur in an instant.

I concur for the most part. Though there is room for situations that last some time, including childbirth, among other things.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

I can conceive of a profoundly life-changing event that happens in a millisecond. (Hopefully it was good for you, too.)







edit - Jomar beat me to it. Or maybe I beat Jomar by nine months.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

JOMAR

Sure! Significant events can take almost any amount of time.

 

[jomar]

I can conceive of a profoundly life-changing event that happens in a millisecond. (Hopefully it was good for you, too.)


edit - Jomar beat me to it. Or maybe I beat Jomar by nine months.

Ha!

JOMAR

Sure! Significant events can take almost any amount of time.

For some reason I skipped over the 'often' in your post.

 

[lesbiaphrodite]

Life can definitely change completely in the space of one hour. What happens during that hour can redefine every single thing you ever thought or believed about yourself, your world, and your place in it. I speak from experience. Think of a formerly drug-addled woman with no criminal history save one drug-related offense, a kangaroo court, a hanging judge and an unjust sentence leading to time in the joint. Oh yes. In the space of that hour, my life (or what is now left of it) was changed.

 

[ms.read]

life can change in a matter of seconds. I found out this morning My Mom has 6 mo. to a year to live.

I always wanted to take her to australia. ( she's always wanted to experience the down under and the outback. It's one of her dreams.)

I'll never be able to look at frogs the same way again.

I can't stop crying.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

I wil reply more tomorrow but for now....

life can change in a matter of seconds. I found out this morning My Mom has 6 mo. to a year to live.

I always wanted to take her to australia. ( she's always wanted to experience the down under and the outback. It's one of her dreams.)

I'll never be able to look at frogs the same way again.

I can't stop crying.

*hugs you so tight* I'm so sorry to hear that darlin

 

[freshface]

life can change in a matter of seconds. I found out this morning My Mom has 6 mo. to a year to live.

I always wanted to take her to australia. ( she's always wanted to experience the down under and the outback. It's one of her dreams.)

I'll never be able to look at frogs the same way again.

I can't stop crying.

I can't even imagine how it must feel to get such news. *passes clean hanky*

Anne Quindlen wrote "One True Thing" about a woman dealing with her mother's illness. Maybe it might help.

 

[impressive]

life can change in a matter of seconds. I found out this morning My Mom has 6 mo. to a year to live.

I always wanted to take her to australia. ( she's always wanted to experience the down under and the outback. It's one of her dreams.)

I'll never be able to look at frogs the same way again.

I can't stop crying.

 

[Tarakin]

life can change in a matter of seconds. I found out this morning My Mom has 6 mo. to a year to live.

I always wanted to take her to australia. ( she's always wanted to experience the down under and the outback. It's one of her dreams.)

I'll never be able to look at frogs the same way again.

I can't stop crying.

* Hugs *

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

I'm sorry, Ms.

 

[starrkers]

Maybe I have been watching to much tv the last few weeks or maybe just thing a lot about the twists of fate.

What do you believe young or old... can one hour change everything? Has you life changed in one hour and how?

I don't so much think of it in terms of time - a minute or an hour or a week - as in terms of an act. Life can change with one action, whether it is impulsive or well thought out, whether the action takes a second or a year.

We talked about leaving the city for a long, long time. That action took months to accomplish. It was life changing.

So was an impulsive phone call after a car accident - the man I called was a new acquaintance. He is now my husband.

But yes, one hour can certainly change everything.

 

[john-the-author]

Yesterday had an hour that changed everything. It was not good. Things sound like they will eventually work out, but it's been one of the hardest days I've had in I cannot remember how long. Decades.

 

[SeaCat]

Yes life can be radicaly changed in an hour, or a minute.

At 16 I was hit by a drunk driver. Withing a split second my body was almost destroyed and I was almost killed. 182 days later I walked out of the hospital with plenty of scars. It took a while to recover from that one. While I was in the hospital I vowed to enjoy life to the fullest.

At 18 I lost my wife of less than a month to violence. It took me a long time to recover from that. It gave me an introduction to hatred and what it can do to you.

9 years ago I was misdiagnosed with Nephrotic Cancer. A death sentance. When the Doc told me I had but a couple of months to live my wife came to a screaming halt once again. A month later things were resolved and I had my life back again, but I no longer had that happy feeling. Again I resolved to enjoy life, and this time I took steps to do so. I changed my life radicaly, I moved a long way away from my family and started life over again.

So yes a short time event can change your life.

Cat

 

[Guest]

Yes life can be radicaly changed in an hour, or a minute.

At 16 I was hit by a drunk driver. Withing a split second my body was almost destroyed and I was almost killed. 182 days later I walked out of the hospital with plenty of scars. It took a while to recover from that one. While I was in the hospital I vowed to enjoy life to the fullest.

At 18 I lost my wife of less than a month to violence. It took me a long time to recover from that. It gave me an introduction to hatred and what it can do to you.

9 years ago I was misdiagnosed with Nephrotic Cancer. A death sentance. When the Doc told me I had but a couple of months to live my wife came to a screaming halt once again. A month later things were resolved and I had my life back again, but I no longer had that happy feeling. Again I resolved to enjoy life, and this time I took steps to do so. I changed my life radicaly, I moved a long way away from my family and started life over again.

So yes a short time event can change your life.

Cat

Damn.

 

[SeaCat]

Damn.

No not Damn Sarah.

These are just highlights of a lot of things I have gone through. Things that have changed me and created me.

I have been extremely lucky in that I have been able to do a lot of things most people wouldn't dream of. I have dealt with things most people wouldn't want to deal with and I have been through times that would kill others.

Maybe that's why I come through as arrogant sometimes. Maybe that's why I come through as being inconsiderate. Maybe that's why I laugh at some people, and maybe that's why I commiserate with others.

Now the funny thing is I don't look like I have gone through much of what I have gone through. I was in my current job for about a year when one of my patients told my boss that I had told him about my accident at 16. My boss called me into her office and chewed me out for telling tales to a patient. She even threatened to fire me. The next day I walked into her office and dropped my medical file on her desk. She went through the file and then appologised.

I'm lucky that I heal well. My scars are barely visible. It's only when you look at my X-Rays that you truly see the damage done. Some of the scars don't show up on X-Rays, those are the worst ones to deal with.

Maybe this is why I'm as good as I am with dealing with my patients. I have been there.

Cat

 

[Guest]

No not Damn Sarah.

These are just highlights of a lot of things I have gone through. Things that have changed me and created me.

I have been extremely lucky in that I have been able to do a lot of things most people wouldn't dream of. I have dealt with things most people wouldn't want to deal with and I have been through times that would kill others.

Maybe that's why I come through as arrogant sometimes. Maybe that's why I come through as being inconsiderate. Maybe that's why I laugh at some people, and maybe that's why I commiserate with others.

Now the funny thing is I don't look like I have gone through much of what I have gone through. I was in my current job for about a year when one of my patients told my boss that I had told him about my accident at 16. My boss called me into her office and chewed me out for telling tales to a patient. She even threatened to fire me. The next day I walked into her office and dropped my medical file on her desk. She went through the file and then appologised.

I'm lucky that I heal well. My scars are barely visible. It's only when you look at my X-Rays that you truly see the damage done. Some of the scars don't show up on X-Rays, those are the worst ones to deal with.

Maybe this is why I'm as good as I am with dealing with my patients. I have been there.

Cat

You've never come across as arrogant, silly man.

I'm just amazed that you've come through what you have.

 

[john-the-author]

You've never come across as arrogant, silly man.

I'm just amazed that you've come through what you have.

I second that, old bean. Your stories have always been one of my favorite things here in the forum and I always check out your latest thread to see what the tale du jour is. Arrogance? Not a fuckin' bit.



John

 

[ravenmx]

One hour, sometimes on minute or 5 minutes can change everything in ones life (or maybe just ones perspective). At 39 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and in that one 5 minute phone call my life changed drastically, i realized there was so much I hadn't done yet that I wanted to, and although I always thought I wasn't afraid to die, I realized I was. Mostly because I still have family, grandchildren (hopefully) and a loving partner to spend the next 60 years with.

Going to chemo every other week and talking to others it is amazing what some people do after experiencing such life changing events. It also makes you realize you are not invincible, although you one would think you would realize that at 39...

I hope to be able to enjoy life more but it does seem life doesn't stop so when things happen to change your life find a way off the merry go around.

 

[ravenmx]

life can change in a matter of seconds. I found out this morning My Mom has 6 mo. to a year to live.

I always wanted to take her to australia. ( she's always wanted to experience the down under and the outback. It's one of her dreams.)

I'll never be able to look at frogs the same way again.

I can't stop crying.

I am sorry to hear about your mother. Spend as much time as possible with her

 

[iluvyou3638]

Maybe I have been watching to much tv the last few weeks or maybe just thing a lot about the twists of fate.

What do you believe young or old... can one hour change everything? Has you life changed in one hour and how?

my life changed in like....ten seconds. how ever long it took for my mom to tell me my dad was dead. i had to grow up.