What's a recent epiphany you've had? Btw, the Americas sideways look lke a duck :)

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What's a recent epiphany you've had? Btw, the Americas sideways look lke a duck :)

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Answer 1

Wow,...timing. My middle son got married just last Saturday, the epiphanies that spring from these life events are powerful. I saw my kid clearly as a man, a role model, an independent citizen, a pillar of his own future family. Mind blown.

Proof is in the pudding my friends; the rewards of parenthood can't be exaggerated.

Answer 2

I had my epiphany long ago in the middle of a particularly frosty winter.

Every morning I'd get out of bed, shower, dress, get breakfast and walk to the station. So far so good, but every morning, by the time my train arrived, I'd have a nasty headache.

Then one morning as I walked to the train, the headache beginning to pound, the clouds opened up, God stuck his head through, and said, "It's the hat, you fool. It's too bloody small."

And he was right. I threw away the hat and the headaches stopped. I now own an astrakhan (that's Russian for ostrich) cap that's nice and warm and doesn't pinch my tiny brain.

Paul wasn't the only person to have an epiphany. My road to Damascus led only as far as the train line.

Answer 3

My most recent epiphany came last night. Though small, it was ticking me off. For months I've been obsessed with the game The Elder Scrolls Online. Zenimax released a patch for the game yesterday. After the patch, the game was almost unplayable. My average FPS (frames per second) of 50 downgraded and capped at 8 (very bad!!). Even with turning everything off and on low within video settings, average FPS maxed at 15. After spending over an hour on forums trying to figure it out, I gave up and traveled to Davon's Watch, a highly populated city of players were someone informed me that the patch might have changed something in my graphics card settings. Then it dawned on me. My laptop has two cards, a low quality card for everyday use and another for gaming and graphic intensive programs. Sure enough, the patch switched the default to the low end card. It took 30 seconds to fix... My "epiphany" couldn't have come sooner!?

Answer 4

My mother-in-law has early Alzheimer's and Dementia. She is able to grasp normal conversation topics but loses them in about 10 to 15 minutes.

It was discovered that when she was given news or information that made her angry or very sad, she would hold onto THAT information a lot longer . . . Sometimes 2 days. I give her a ride every day to go see my father-in-law while he is staying at his physical rehab center, and I took my Convertible roadster recently to bring her since the day was warm and bright. She reminisced about the first time in high school getting to ride in a convertible and it made her smile. My wife told me later on (after several hours had passed) that she told her about the ride in my car, and so we have now added "Things that make her very happy" to the list of ways to get her to retain information longer . . . It appears, that new information that create new neuron pathways, get a bit more cemented when extreme emotions are applied . . . I don't know how long that will last but we will take it, and try for making her happy to retain any new information.