Sometimes a key moment can make a world of difference in our lives. Those moments are deeply underrepresented in our conversations relative to the importance they play in our lives. We hope to begin to remedy that below.
Bekah O’Shea
If I had to choose a single moment that shaped the way I see the world, I couldn’t—because it wasn’t just one. It’s been a series of defining moments that all led me to the same truth. I grew up with a brother who battled childhood leukemia, and watching him face something so big with such overwhelming positivity left a permanent mark on me. Read more>>
Wenjun Chen
A moment that really shaped how I see the world was when I realized that my memories of home no longer existed in one place. After moving from China to the U.S., I noticed that my sense of “hometown” began to fragment. Read more>>
Kyle Zagrodzky
I was attending a Tony Robbons event in 2016 and while many things Tony has taught me have utterly changed my worldview, one kernel of wisdom really impacted me then and continues to this day: Nothing has any meaning except the meaning we assign to it, and we assign meaning to everything. We simply need to assign the most empowering meaning. Read more>>
Brenda Pond
A moment that shaped how I see the world was witnessing people turn against one another during times of fear and uncertainty. It showed me how powerful energy is-how quickly division can spread, but also how important compassion, awareness, and conscious choices are in bringing people back together. Read more>>
Rida Karim
A moment that shaped how I see the world happened during one of the first workshops I ever ran. I was helping a middle school student with a simple coding activity. He finished faster than everyone else, got every step right, and immediately asked, “Is this going to be graded?” When I told him no, he stopped typing. Read more>>
Pierre Arseneault
I’d have to say, once I realized that those people whom we put on pedestals are simply flawed humans, it changed my perspective on many aspects of life. And while this should allow us to accept our own flaws, what it did for me is make me want to be what I thought those idols were. Read more>>
Héctor L. E. Olivencia
That moment was when I attended a grief camp in Pennsylvania… it opened my eyes to see life differently. Read more>>
Blanca Gruber
My parents where politically persecuted, specially my dad was wanted dead of live. So that experience make me see life differently. I always say I born in a conspiracy, I grew up in a conspiracy and I live in a conspiracy. So I will say every time I do an art project is a secretive like a conspiracy. Read more>>
Shane Borza
In 2013 I was rock climbing in Utah at Zion National Park. I was halfway up Moonlight Buttress, one of the most famous bigwall climbs there is, when I had a catastrophic fall. After going home, I rested by ‘only going running’ for a month. Everything got worse. So I rested for a second month. And I got worse still. Read more>>
Danielle Bray
On our first assignment in 2016, our organization had the opportunity to partner with a shelter by conducting our self-development sessions. It was week two of the session, and we were working on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. One of the ladies would bring her baby to the session each time. Read more>>
Diane Mandle
Many years ago, I traveled to Cuba and met South African man who had been in prison with Steven Biko during apartheid. He was in a cell next to where children were also imprisoned.,starving, wailing. and being beaten. He was traveling to speak about that situation and was on his way to Boston. He invited me to his birthday party there. Read more>>
Seneca Kristjonsdottir
When I started my undergraduate degree, I wanted to be a beekeeper. So I enrolled at Goddard College, which had a self-directed study program that let me design my own degree—with only two requirements: my thesis had to be ecologically and socially contextualized. At the time, I found that frustrating. Beekeeping, I thought, was about science, not society. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Read more>>
Jennifer Chun
The moment that really shaped how I saw the world was my travel abroad experience in Seoul in college. I learned more about my culture and my family history. My aunt, uncle and my grandmother at the time all contributed to this personal growth. It was in Korea I decided to switch my major from Law to Fashion Design. Read more>>
Ayelet Werner
Not so much as one moment, but a gradual learning over time, but it took me until I was 22—so about four years ago—to actually believe that you really can have your dream life. Read more>>
Jamila Bell
A moment that really shaped how I see the world happened in Bali, Indonesia. I was at a stunning waterfall, ready to capture its beauty with my drone. I sent it up to get some amazing shots, but then a scary moment occurred—my drone flew right into a tree. I thought I had lost it forever. Read more>>
WIND – Nori & Barbie Kelley
Nori: For various reasons, I think I grew up feeling out of control and extremely insecure. I felt like the world was going to just swallow me up. I grew up in church, but never quite got that as an adolescent. Read more>>
Yu Wei Chu
When I was pursuing my MFA in Fashion Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, I developed my fashion philosophy of timeless fashion. My goal is to create high-fashion, couture gowns that transcend trends, providing the wearer with a truly unique and eternal garment. Read more>>
Emanuele Pistucchia
When I decided to leave Italy. It shook everything up new places, new people, new rules. It opened my eyes and gave me a whole new perspective on what ‘home’ really means. Read more>>
