When you look at your life, you’ll discover something pretty interesting: it has been full of defining moments. Destiny moments really.
Moments of hope. Moments of despair. Moments when one move on your part could have changed your life forever. And it’s these defining moments that shape who we become. Here are 11 moments that I believe can define our lives, if we allow them:
1. Facing “failure” when trying to fulfill a dream
It can heighten your belief in yourself and thwart you into greatness…or stop you. Just ask Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton about her secret failure, which just became known. (Notice the quotations around failure because there is really no such thing; everything happens for you.)
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2. Deciding whether to believe in yourself or to believe in someone else
It can be the very thing that can make a remarkable impact, as it did for Thomas Edison. Read this:
3. When someone puts you down
This can cause us to have consistent low self-esteem or self-worth
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4. Being rejected from an opportunity
You can allow it to stop from continuing to go after your dreams or you can allow that rejection to drive you to fulfill it. Just ask renowned actress Meryl Streep, who was rejected from one of her first auditions. She has since received 19 Oscar nominations. Here’s what she said about the rejected in Facebook post, below:
5. Being in a toxic relationships
These can help you understand what you will and will not tolerate.
(Source: Justin Bieber’s Love Yourself)
6. When someone inspires us
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7. Choosing to forgive ourselves
It helps you realize your human and that you sometimes make mistakes.
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8. Choosing to forgive others
It helps you to heal and move on.
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9. The day we discover our purpose
Mark Twain once stated, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
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10. Deciding to rise and move forward when we fall
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11. Realizing our destiny is in our hands
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