defining moments.

The dictionary defines "defining moment" as a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc... is revealed or identified.

My question is, can you have more than one defining moment in your life? As you grow older and the world around you changes, and the people around you change and the way you think changes, can you have new defining moments at every change in your life? Is it in fact, a defining moment that causes that change to happen? So, could you say that every time you experience a significant change in your life that you most likely experienced a defining moment?

And what constitutes a defining moment? Does it have to be a moment that is so significant that it changes your life, or could it be as small as getting a new puppy? Do defining moments coincide with light bulbs popping over your head?

I, myself, am going through a defining moment in my life right now. And it has me wondering how many other defining moments have I gone through in my life that have lead me to this defining moment, because ultimately every moment in my life time before this one has lead me to this place. And this moment hurts. It hurts a lot. So, what other moments in my lifetime have lead me to place with such pain? How did I misinterpret those moments that came before this one?

I think for the next couple weeks I am going to do some defining moment soul searching, and try to recount all the defining moments in my life. Moments that might have somehow lead me to this moment now. So bear with me as dig up the past and try to make sense out of the future.