A Thought of a Thought

"What changed you?"
My teacher asked our class this question at the start of the hour and gave us a moment to ponder and analyze. Our next english paper would be an autobiography about the moment in our lives when everything changed. When "who we are" became "who we are". Each person in the class was called on, and in turn would share what they would write about - what changed them. As each person told their story, I noticed a pattern. Everyone in the class talked about some huge experience that happened in their life that supposedly was the moment that everything changed. Car accidents, humanitarian trips to other countries, deaths in families, missions, etc, etc. But for me.. There were no moments like this in my life. No huge experiences that changed me. I never had any ah-ha moments or bursts of light. I can't pinpoint a time when I became who I am today. 
Because not one thing has changed me.
Everything has.
It's those little things - those little details in life that create who we become. The little unnoticeable experiences that we pay no attention to because in that moment, they seem insignificant. We are made up of a combination of the teeniest and tiniest occurrences. We learn by simply living. And until we are dead, we will continue to learn, and we will continue to transform into a better version of ourselves. We will never stop becoming more than what we are in this moment. And I find that in itself, to be so beautiful.
~Sadie Nicole~

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