Reply #32: I can think of two, in very different senses.

[InvisibleTouch]

One was moving from one country to another during a critical point during my growing-up. I'd been around the whole world by then already, but this move was different, this one came at a time when I was starting to expand my world and feel independent. It took me away from everything that was familiar and forced me to start all over again. To this day I'm not sure if it was for good or ill, but I do know it changed the entire course my life would have taken.

The other I almost hesitate to add, but hell, I'm anonymous here.... I witnessed the murder of my lover and soul-mate, which changed my entire conception of how life and relationships should be. And after all these years I've come to feel that it changed me for the better, made me stronger and gave me a perspective on things that others don't have. When you've been to hell and back, you don't care what anyone else thinks of you. You will go your own way and forever be true to yourself, without fear and without apology.