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What's been the craziest moment of your life? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw this asked on another instance, thought I’d ask it here and I’ll post my response from there in the comments as I think it felt cathartic.

Doesn't need to be a life or death situation, just any moment in your life where you found yourself saying "Holy shit, I can't believe this is happening!"

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[–] Today 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad you found the right place and people at the right time.. It's funny how things like that can make such a huge difference. You're totally right - we're all a product of what we go through. That stuff that happens when you're young.... man that shit can take a long time to process and too often we fuck up a lot of other stuff on the way. I've been really lucky in my life to be in the right place at the right time, to have good people looking out for me, and to be given forgiveness and grace that I didn't deserve at the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I really appreciate people who will own up to the breaks we’ve been given or the luck we have had along the way.

I see far too many people believe that nobody else plays a role in their success, which enables them to look down on others as through they’re inferior.

Forgiveness is key to life I think, the old adage of forgive but don’t forget, as if we hold on to grudges or preconceptions of people then we only really hurt ourselves. A lot can be said for humility imo.