What Was Your Hardest Choice in Life?

[bazera]

The hardest desicions was forced upon me that I had to just accept the reality of them and move on.

One of those was when I was forced to provide for my family financially in my early 20s due to my father's unsuccessful business and huge depth, but it grew and matured me a lot earlier in life.

Another one was unexpected death of my father, which happened just the time I was accepting him fully, forgiving him and was developing a more loving father-son relationship. He was pretty young, 54 years old, I was in my late 20s. I was forced to accept the fact that it was over,

Another one was a breakup, as for many of you. It was one of the bitter emotions that I had felt in my life. It was awful. It was a choice that I was hesitating making but the other side put a nail on the coffin, and forced my decision.

I'm sure I'll be having lots like these in the future to come, and I'm greateful for the old hard experiences that taught me very valuable lessons.

Edited 14 hours ago by bazera

[Hasson_Miah]

Leaving my religion.

[Carl-Richard]

On 26.1.2026 at 10:53 AM, Natasha Tori Maru said:

Deciding to sit by my Grandfathers side in hospice, until he passed on.

I was a moment away from leaving. I thought I couldn't face seeing that.

I leant over him, and whispered 'Bye, Papa' and he semi-rose up and said 'NO'.

So, I stayed and watched him pass. It took 3 hours.

I saw him come into a complete state of being as his brain shut down, his self left. I feel I witnessed a form of no-self at the moment of death; as the overlay of all his conditioning melted away as the brain switched off. His body was putting off so much energy. His last words were 'Beautiful girls' and he looked around like it was the first time he saw anything in his life. He repeated 'The light, the light' many times.

Pure being, everything else erased.

Horror & beauty all at once.

Man.

[Realms of Wonder]

A few stand out.

1. Leaving a cult, choosing authenticity over conformity.
2. Moving to a new city alone at 19.
3. Giving up a comfortable life in that city 6 years later to move to West Texas with little savings and no job lined up.