1/3/2024 0 Comments Turn on a dim3![]() As I look back, I can recall many times when life changed very quickly and without notice. As one of the most precious joys of their lives slipped away in front of their eyes, with tears, they shook their head in disbelief. Up until then, their lives had a pretty set routine. She was in a coma and had a very slim chance of living. ![]() Yet, another couple struggled as they watched their young daughter fight for her life after being hit by a car. This child would need continual care the rest of her life which would require the woman to give up her medical career she studied and worked hard for. I listened to her story as her eyes filled with tears, recalling the day she received the news. During her pregnancy she had learned her child would be born with a rare birth defect and was given the opportunity to decide to end the pregnancy (which she chose not to). Her life had turned on a dime.Īnother woman I had met had given birth to a baby girl several years prior. She could not imagine what life was going to be like. She had so much life still ahead and yet so much of it had been lived with the same man for so long. Through sobs she said, “I never saw this coming.” My heart went out to her. She was in her late 50’s and could not imagine what she would do with her life now. He not only wanted a divorce but he gave her papers that explained he had wanted her to move out of the house they had lived together in for almost 25 years. I sat on the floor on the phone next to my bed just listening as she sobbed and explained how her husband had come to her all of a sudden and told her he had been seeing someone else. She must have seen my advertising for my counseling/coaching office and desperately needed to talk. I think it was at least a decade ago, or more, I received a late call from a woman I had never spoken to before. When we apply this to life, it has come to refer to a sudden shift in direction without notice or warning. For something to “turn on a dime” actually refers to a vehicle or something turning quickly without expectation and with precision.
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