Perspective That Changed My Life

My research reviled how life-changing events can play a significant role in how we lead people. This week’s research was an in-depth view of the movie “The Doctor”, (Ziskin and Haines, 1991). This movie depicted a highly skilled surgeon named Jack McKee, played by actor William Hurt who was completely devoted to his practice, (Ziskin and Haines, 1991).

I haven’t been alive for too long and I’ve lived a pretty normal life though I do know of one specific event that changed me forever. On January 12 2010 I came home from school like every other kid in Haiti. It was a completely normal day. My mom was cooking in the kitchen, my aunt was holding my little sister while watching TV, my dad wasn’t home yet and I was by myself in the living room playing games on my dad’s computer. Then out of nowhere I hear a deep low loud rumbling noise. Right when I start to wonder what the noise was, the shaking starts. Being a normal eleven year old kid I just sat there in shock and fear and just watched as my whole world came crashing down around me. Paintings, vases silverware, my moms china set, they were

I began to read my grandpas poetry. He has written thousands of poems and they are all printed in books. As I was looking through them, I found an entire book dedicated to my siblings and I, and a second poem that was just for me. I thought that he only wrote them for big events like graduations and wedding, so I should have only had the one that I received at graduation. But when I read this new poem I knew that there was a reason he had never shown it to me before. He knew there was going to be a time when I would read it, a time when I would need it most, and that time was

Life changing events can change a person’s viewpoint. In the movie Crash directed by Paul Haggis, the characters are faced with life-altering situations, which ended up changing their perspective. First off LAPD Office John Ryan, who is viewed to have a bias against African-Americans, willingly risked his life for an African-American woman. Furthermore, Farhad a Persian shopkeeper, decided to react toward a devastating event, with anger, without realization of the consequences. Also Anthony, an African-American thief, chooses to save the lives of several Cambodian people. All three characters face life impacting events, which causes them to change their outlook on life.

The years were 1984 through 1986. My age during those years were 8-10. Ronald Regan was president during those years. Other key things that happened during that time that influenced my life were, in 1984 we traveled to New Orleans to the attend The World’s Fair. I was with my family and enjoying my childhood and having a great experience that I didn’t think was that significant.

In the past few years I have had many important experiences that have influenced me personally, however if I had to rate them, the most important experience would have to be my bagpipes. Over the past few years the bagpipes have taught me different styles of music and how to be a leader, and during such time also gave me a career from solo competitions and being an instructor myself.

Brrrrrrringgg! The high-pitched tone on my phone rings temptingly, but I manage to resist the urge to look at the new message. Reading under the dim light in my bedroom, I can still hear the clatter of plates and busy shuffling outside my door as the night turns black over the colonial city of Leon. Luckily, my shift is over, and I can now try to focus on my schoolwork. At 12 years old, I started working as the cashier in my parents’ tiny Spanish restaurant. We moved to Leon in search of a better future, leaving broken promises behind as well as a host of caring friends that I would never see again. It would take a while, but, eventually, I would see reality through the eyes of an adult, even though I was just a kid.

It was one life-changing experience I was seven years old when I became grateful for the things that I had. I remember packing for this big trip my parents were planning for a year now. I precisely recall my mother telling me to go through my closet and pick clothes I did not use to give away, I didn't know why, but I didn't ask, I just did it. As the day got closer I remember my parents had accumulated a great amount of things to give away. I quite didn't understand why they were gathering so many things and for what reason.

I have experienced many things that have impacted my life, but none compare to the second time I have moved in my life.

Many individuals go through change in their lives and everybody has a different way of dealing with them. Change can be good and beneficial to some people but to others it can really be difficult. Change has really allowed us to grow mentally, because we have gained new knowledge from experiencing new things. There are so many different changes that have taken place over the year such as new music, dances and advancements in technology, and we have all been able to learn and live with them. Another change that happens in life is to have to move to a new school or country, this change might be the most problematic for one to deal with since they might have to make new friends or even learn a new language. In life all of us go through various

There are drastic events that occur throughout our lives that we recognize to change us individually. It could be something as big as getting married, or as simple as buying our first car. Two people could make a decision to be wedded, and each person would have to adjust to the others living style. When I first bought my car I found a new sense of freedom, but there are always certain consequences to driving a car. I have to take consideration of other people on the road, because my choices on the road may make life-changing effects on somebody else. Drastic events are the most obvious examples of something that changes our lives, however, the most important thing to change my life isn’t an event. It is the people who help guide me through the events. Without our friends and loved ones, we wouldn’t have a reason to create and enjoy our life changing events.

As a child I have always been known to my family as a quiet person. My parents would always tell me to be more open, to speak loudly, to get out of my shell. I really couldn’t find a way to express myself to get out what I was feeling inside to the my parents and to the world. As I started getting older I found ways to express myself through writing, and painting. Although I didn’t speak much I wrote my thoughts down in my little journals at home, though it being positive or negative, it became like therapy for my soul. I would write about moments that impacted my life and would then use them as lyrics that I would record myself signing to. These songs would serve as motivation to keep me moving forward. As an introvert I used creativity

Everything happens for a reason. The thing that impacted my life the most was when my parents got divorced. Next was when my two siblings moved out of town to live with their dad. The last thing that had a pretty big impact on my life was when my dad got engaged. These are the three most things that had an impact on my life.

Have you ever been caught in a rush hour traffic moving at the speed of light? For a whole one year during my CO-OP I commuted to and fro Toronto on one of the busiest highway of North America and it was no fun. I’ve raced, tailgated, changed lanes without using indicators, ranted and seethed at slow drivers and everything I could to save as little as five minutes to reach my destination. And I considered myself a skillful driver at that time. Not knowing that the opposite might also be true if I look at it from a different perspective. We usually tend to have a one-sided opinion about certain things until we experience the both sides of the story ourselves. This phenomenon of naïve realism was well presented in the class along with different TED Talk videos to support the argument among which the most prominent and thought provoking was the talk on ‘Believing Strange Things’ by Micheal Shermer.

An accident can happen to anyone at any time. It is so unusual and it happens because of our unwillingness and careless. I have heard news about people getting car accident in radio and TV. But this time I have experienced a nightmare incident in my life. I feel that everything happens for a reason .This is why my life has changed into a different one. Our life is designed in such a way that we have to learn various information as we grow up and we will learn by doing certain mistakes. Accident can amend your life in numerous manner: Realization of several mistakes, beginning of new sort of life, and lowers the level of quality of life.