Whats the best thing you ever did?

Jeffrey

I was just talking about that with my mom on the way to the hospital. She had been feeling tired when walking the dog. So I was feeling lethargic and she says she is going to walk the dog and see if she feels tired again and debate if she should go on a trip the next day or see the doctor. So I say ok.. you know 'whatever'. Then I thought a second and decided I would go with her even though I thought she was ok.

On the walk we decided to see the doctor that day. And I even walked home and picked her up in the car. That is where we had our conversation still thinking nothing of the tiredness. She said she had saved a cat's life who was lost and she looked for it every day and found it and nursed it back to health. I said I didn't know. Now I do. The best thing I did was take her to the doctor. She had blood clots in her lungs and it was very fortunate she got care.

I don't mean to brag. I feel kind of weird about that. I'm more venting because I have this going on in my life. She is ok right now just dissolving the clots with heparin in the hospital.

genkaku

Glad to hear your mother is on the mend.

vinlyn

A basically good person made one serious mistake...got arrested...had a trial...went to jail for 3 months...and I was the only person who stood by him. It had a negative affect on my career and put me through a great deal of stress. But I did the right thing.

genkaku

Let's attempt to make this thing the best thing we ever did ... especially since there's nothing else we could do in the first place.

ittybittybat

Hm, the best thing? As in, something that you knew was right, but might mess you up a bit?

I was going to buy something from the vending machine at my library, but there was a girl next to me who kept checking the coin despensers at the bottom to see if anyone left their change. I bought her something instead. She looked really hungry.

I mean, it's nothing major, but for some reason it made me feel good about myself. I think it's because I was hungry myself and I hadn't really eaten that day.

vixthenomad

I once left a job I loved in protest - literally walked out of the door then and there - because my boss insulted a customer based on their ethnic origin. It meant I had to pretty much live on beans on toast until I was able to sign on and I was more or less universally vilified for doing it by everyone around me, but to this day I think back to it and feel that it was the right thing to do.

taiyaki

dropped acid with my girl friend and my best friend.
what a rude awakening to different states of consciousness.

ever since then i've been drinking more beer and enjoying life more.
life as it is. in its suffering and joy. it is beautiful!