Changing for the better...
By Lemiah
@Lemiah (14)
United States
April 1, 2011 11:58pm CST
Have you ever had someone in your life, whether it be family, friend, or love who had a personality that changed yours for the better in areas that you saw needed changed? I used to like things in life that are not bragging material. Things that were crude, violent, rude, and down right degrading. Then I met this guy who surprisingly had much more integrity then you'd normally see in a guy in this society. He didn't like all the crude, violent, rude, and down right degrading things that the stereotypical guy would like which threw me off when I tried to joke with him and talk with him.
After a while, after he and I had been friends for a while, I took a step back to look at my interests and wondered why I even liked some of those interests. I realized that some of those interests were pointless and really not all that interesting when I actually thought about it. I gave up a few things, and I am actually still quite happy. Before I didn't think I could ever get rid of those interests but now that I have I wonder I hadn't gotten rid of them earlier. Funny...I actually like not having these interests. I should have met this person earlier. He has inspired me to be a better person and helps me strive for greater things in life as well. I am also proud to say this guy is also now my fiance.
So, is there anyone in YOUR life that has done something for you, helping you to be a better person or has done something else for you similar? What are your thoughts?
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4 responses
@craziestqueenever (1819)
• Philippines
4 Apr 11
Wow! Good thing that you met someone who changed you for a better. How I really wish someday I'll met someone who will make my Life better and who will fill the emptiness in me. I'm not yet ready to be in a relationship, that's why I'm trying to fix my self and have enough confidence first.
@jules67 (2788)
• Philippines
2 Apr 11
I have met quite a number of people who have personalities that are worth looking up to. I know that some of them have imbibed in me some insights that had changed me in one way or the other. I have become a little more open of other people in my life. I used to have this barrier that have thwarted people from getting in close to me. Thanks to this person, I have relaxed in a way. But I still put on a little shield because you cannot really give your 100 percent trust on the people the come to your life.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
2 Apr 11
Hi. Lemiah. Welcome to myLot!
Yes, there is someone that has inspired my life. It is my mother. She has been deceased for many of years now. Twenty-five years to be exact. She was a wonderful person and a very sweet woman when she was alive. I would have been honored to hang out with her if she is still living. She is made me the woman that I am today. I believe that I possess most of her characteristics and ways. The other person that has inspired me is my cousin that lives in Atlanta, Georgia. When I was a teenager, I was scared about going to high school and he told me to just be myself... I will never forget these words for as long as I live in life. Last but not least, the people that used to tease and spread untrue rumors about me have made me who I am today. I am not mean and ugly. I am very sweet. The way that they have treated me was very cruel, but I turned their cruelness into something very positive. I am not what they say that I am, I am what God says and only calls me!
Yes, there is someone that has inspired my life. It is my mother. She has been deceased for many of years now. Twenty-five years to be exact. She was a wonderful person and a very sweet woman when she was alive. I would have been honored to hang out with her if she is still living. She is made me the woman that I am today. I believe that I possess most of her characteristics and ways. The other person that has inspired me is my cousin that lives in Atlanta, Georgia. When I was a teenager, I was scared about going to high school and he told me to just be myself... I will never forget these words for as long as I live in life. Last but not least, the people that used to tease and spread untrue rumors about me have made me who I am today. I am not mean and ugly. I am very sweet. The way that they have treated me was very cruel, but I turned their cruelness into something very positive. I am not what they say that I am, I am what God says and only calls me!
@ruperto (1552)
• Philippines
2 Apr 11
I think there had been many people who have made me better ...
Some of them I like very much, some of them I feel neutral about ...
It's amazing how our observation of other people could make us better, agree? ...
When we see the poor give what little they have away ... when we see the sick go the extra mile to help someone in need ... when we see the saddened go out of their way to comfort others ...
... there is that lessening "of the ego" in us, if you you will, that seems to make us better beings ...
What do you think ?
@Lemiah (14)
• United States
6 Apr 11
It is very interesting that those with less give to others like them instead of those with more giving to those with less. Some might think they can't do it because they don't have much when in reality they have more than most, and so when you see someone with less than you give, you begin to ask yourself why am I not doing that again. So I agree with you. ^_^
