The Moment by Paulo Coelho

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Everyone has a turning point, a moment where everything can change for better or for worst. If you feel comfortable, please share your experience here.
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[bailyshouse]

18 years old and my first son was born with a severe physical handicapp. I was devastated and in shock. Hopelessness, "friends" weren't there anymore, I was so angry. I didn't love my son at first. But after weeks, months and then the years all of the negatives melted into goodness and the deepest love I've ever known. He changed me, my life, my way of seeing the world. He died when he was 8 years old. He told me he couldn't take it anymore. I wouldn't trade this part of my life for anything...

[Muusful]

It's not surprising me to read how many people call The Alchemist their change of life.

It happenend to me as well, The Alchemist is surely the most beautiful book of them all (I dont have a very large collection yet but still)

The change of my life was the year when my mother finally could embrace the lesbian-me.

It took 5 years..

I found rest all of a sudden, and then I met the love of my life :-)

[janetplanetk]

the best and worst came at the same time years ago. the worst: my marriage broke up, all my savings gone, a dangerous health condition, my house was robbed. in this condition i took myself to a shrine containing a portion of Gandhi's ashes. first miserable, then i felt hope.  i took the last handful of coins i had between me and total destitution and tossed them into a nearby spiritual wishing well. after this time slowly and then faster and faster a whole new life opened up.

Rebirth!

[shayan760]

The moment that changed my life for the better was when I first gave up my age-old obsession of waiting for someone who wasn't gonna return and embraced a totally new, happy life filled with a different kind of love. And the moment which changed my life for worse was when I abandoned my entire previous self and went into a shell of no self-confidence.....but I must thanks Mr. Coelho and his 'By the River Riedra I sat down and Wept' for renewing hope and faith in love in my soul!

[stevaoify]

The moment changed my life for better was the moment that I touched the ground of a America!! By the way I'm Brazilian , but I always felt the connection with American culture . I still live my country , but I really like America , I guess the freedom is the one think I like the most. The worst thing I ever did it was leave America to go to Japan!!!! Thanks :..

[rubina2712]

the moment which changed my life to better was when i was feeling very down with no confidence because could not keep any work,i was in and out no matter what i did, after i started to have problems at home and everywhere and suddenly i saw the age limit for au-pair in the UK,I was 26 and maximum age was 27 and in that moment i told myself now or never. I planned to go for 6 months and now I am here 6,5years and i dont regret at all.It gave me a lot.Now just waiting for some dreams to come true

[lbkalinka27]

the moment that changed my life is when i was supposed wake up early one morning and travel to a near city, being my lazy self i couldnt wake up and slept for another 3 or 4 hours, when i woke up i heard the bus that i was supposed to go onto caught on fire, the thing about being 18 is you think you have your life ahead of you but i realized that i could die at any given moment, and i should follow my dreams and not waste time on things other people tell me are best for me.

[crizzy815]

The moment that changed everything for me was when my first born son was born, He was beautiful, perfect, but the doctors had made a fatal error. by using forceps they harmed his brain stem he was put on to life support and we had to decide to take him off. It took many years for me to find faith again, I traveled many dark roads, some mind numbing, but I became to see things very differently, now 17 yrs later, with 2 beautiful children a son and daughter, Though I am now a single mom I am happy

[denisefayheewolf]

Paulo and The Alchemist (and each of his books) have been a source of inspiration throughout my life and my own book, The Bountiful Garden. My moment of change a tragedy that has revealed itself as a blessing was after my parents were killed in a car accident that left my sister in a coma.

[Larsenbce]

I think the moment when my father died and I was playing streetfighter, that was the moment that changed my life. Because from then on, I had live without him and so I lost someone I liked, but so I had to find out what life is really for.

[Glamorouz0]

The worst moment of mine is... losing myself, not knowing what am I feeling, being confused & putting aside all of my problems ...this has created a person of me that i dont recognize

[crismayu]

I love you paoulo i really do :) all your words comes with a simplesity but this simplesity brings sences and love :))