are you sometimes surprised by where life has taken you?
By Breelyn
@spicysweetie21 (2573)
United States
May 16, 2009 9:02pm CST
I think that everyone when growing up and getting older, envisions their life turning out a certain way, did your life turn out differently then you thought it would? How so if it did? For me so far its different than I thought it would be, i didn't think that I would be going to college without a job, thats the negative way it went differently. But i also never thought that I would have found someone as special as my boyfriend and just be content being in love :)
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15 responses
@technoobs (406)
• Philippines
18 May 09
Looking back to my past seems make me surprised to what I have become of now. I was so gallivant in those old days but thank to more of what I said change would let me be better. Even so that too much time was wasted, its not to late to make the great change.
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@myskysky (38)
• China
17 May 09
Yeah,i approve of you completely.I live in China.We'll feel proud of being admitted to university.And i had been learning hard to achieve my so-called goal.I had stepped into an unexpected university,of course i had not went into my ideal one.I had been imagined that my life in college should be wonderful while the fact turned out my imagination was too abundant.Many things are hard to expect thus our life is full of surprise and we'll feel hopeful.Best wishes to everyone.
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@asweetie (1187)
• India
17 May 09
hi spicy sweetie,
We all have lots of things in our life which can surprise us a lot. When i was a kid i never dreamt i would be studying biology and i always saw myself studying to be business girl but then when i got to 11th class my dream changed and i wanted to be a doctor but then life didnt go where i wanted to and i didnt get admission in medical college so that dream broke too:(
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@Glow1971 (354)
• Spain
17 May 09
I am totally surprised about my life. Never did I imagine i would be raising 2 children on my own and never did i imagine I would actually make it. There were many times I felt I wouldn't pull thru but I actually did. But after all the
struggles, everything has turned out ok.
@spicysweetie21 (2573)
• United States
18 May 09
Yes see thats the thing about when a person kind of plans their life, of course a person is not going to think of what the hardships could be,they paint out this peachy picture in their mind....but I think that a person gathers more strength and lessons in the way life really turns out no matter how hard it can be at times
@abkinsey (173)
• United States
17 May 09
My life is a lot different than I thought it would be. I never expected to find such a wonderful husband and get married. But, I did. I never expected to want to be a stay-at-home Mom, but I am, and I love every minute of it.
I also didn't expect to have so much student loan debt and to have a master's degree that I'm not using because I stay home with my son. I think I would have skipped the school debt part if I'd known that school and all those years of debt wouldn't lead to a high paying job that would ultimately make me happy. LOL.
@spicysweetie21 (2573)
• United States
18 May 09
I know what you mean about certain things ending up sort of being a waste of time, for me when i got out of high school i decided that it would be best for me if i just worked full time so i could make money and not go to college,,,,then the economy went so downhill that i lost my job and couldn't find a new one so now i go to college....i kind of kick myself because if i had just gone right after high school, then i woulda had my A.A 2 years ago :( But that's great that you love being a stay at home mom, i think that is the most important job in the world because i think it easily can be the hardest but you are being a good parent to your children and of course children are our future :)
@lukester1989 (4)
• Canada
17 May 09
Wow i am in the same situation. It is my second year in college and i just lost my job. It is going to be tough to pay the bills. I have to find another one. Seems like life throws many obstacles but it is up to you inside to move on and keep on chugging along. Who knows the next day might be a step in the right direction.
@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
17 May 09
I am often surprised by where life has taken me - it has not at all been like what I planned, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
17 May 09
i had no idea what life would bring me into when i was a child. i am still totally surprised that life is not easy and can be too difficult. if i only knew that y life could be that low i could have done some thing to prevent myself from this pit i have place myself into. it is not easy to live life if there is no one guiding you and helping you. some people even without the proper guidance can live life wonderfully and things went smoothly for them. but not for me. hopefully thinks will change for the best.
@ddhawkins63 (682)
• United States
18 May 09
I never thought that I would go through any of the things I have, but it all makes me who I am. I have dated a man that later killed his girlfriend, got married, had two kids, got divorced, lived with a man for seven years for him to only dump me two weeks before the wedding and am not a grandmother of three beautiful little babies. I have the most amazing man in my life now and I hope that it is always like it is now. My exes son was killed at 19 and it really hit me hard. He doesn't get the chance to answer this but I am sure that he didn't expect to lose his life so young. Life is never predictable no matter how carefully we try to plan it out. Enjoy it while you have it!
@xuanlingfang (258)
• China
17 May 09
I really surprised sometimes by where life has taken me. When I was very young, I want to be a soldier. But I could not because there are too many soldiers. Then I want to live a peaceful life, but again, no. I went into college which I did not hear about any more before. Then I think I would have no grilfriend since I want to be great in my life. But again, life surprised me. I got a girlfriend.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
17 May 09
It turned out completely different then I thought. I believed when I was in my teens that one day I would be married. I'm in my 50 and never been married be proposed to but never accepted. Not the right time or person for that time. I do have two grown daughters which again I always said I would adopt before I had my own kids. I never dreamed that a terrorist would try to kill me in the WTC twice. Its so many thing that turn out different then you imagine when you are young.
@arkasen (748)
• India
17 May 09
I am really surprised by what is happening to my life. I have never expected something like that. I got my job when I was in 3rd year of my engineering in campus interview. At that time IT market was on its boom. I thought after completion of my engineering I will get my joining within 3-4 months. So I was very happy and there were lots of dreams. But then the recession come up and our dreams shattered. Now I am waiting for one year after completing my engineering. Now the things are getting worse.
So the life has taken a complete turn in my case and I have never expected what is happening with my life.
@dianmelydia (2269)
• Indonesia
17 May 09
There's worth and worse in our life. I think people won't always get what they want in this life. Sometimes, and most often happened, our expectation turns out to be another way. Sometimes no matter how hard we have effort, but the result is nothing. But i won't think such situation as a failure. When we're missing an opportunity, or our expectation didn't come true, i think that there's a true challenge of life. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.
@coolgangster (20)
• United States
17 May 09
I doubt that anyones life comes out to be the way they envisioned it to be. over half of your life cannot be planned, such a the people you talk to. Like you mentioned, love is also unexpected, since you cannot plan to be in love with a certain person, since love comes without consent. I beleieve that if life comes out exactly the way you envisioned, than life would be boring. Surprises are what makes life worth living :)
@peavey (16936)
• United States
17 May 09
I'm definitely in a different place than I ever thought I'd be. At my age, having lived a fairly full life and having grown kids with kids of their own, I live alone in town. I'm a country girl in my heart, so this isn't the way I ever thought it would be. Some things are good, some are bad, but that's life.
