Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life.

Daily, many people are crossing our path, some with just a single word or a glance that somehow impacts us.

Furthermore, some people have or will have a much deeper impact on us through their advice or actions, be it positively or negatively.

A positive impact could be someone giving us a generous chance that brings us without hard work or struggling further in life. Negatively, we would encounter someone who puts stones in our way, and we have to overcome them by putting in more hard work to reach our goal. For me, the last variant is the one that has a crucial impact on us and teaches the most significant life lessons. As life has ups and downs, it’s necessary to face positive and negative lessons.

My personal impact story is about when I considered pursuing a Master’s Degree in Pedagogy and asked my university professor in Athens what she thought about it. She instructed me and advised me to stay in the field of literature since I had an instinctive talent for comparative literature.

So I did. Close to the end of my Master’s Degree, I wanted to do a doctorate, and that was the moment when I had to meet a stone in my path. One professor didn’t support my application. This was the point when I had to face my life lesson. In the next few years, I faced many struggles and did different jobs, including teaching, until I found my true vocation: writing and writing my own stories. Mercifully, the professor in Athens had a positive impact and was right to follow the path of literature.

When one door closes, another one opens to lead us to our path of destiny.