It changed me in so many ways. As I've shared before on this site, I dealt with a life threatening condition a decade ago. I'm here to say that to really live, you must first nearly die. I had much time to think as I was confined to my home for a long period. I considered my personal relationships, my family, my occupation, my spiritual condition. I found myself learning patience and finding a courage that I didn't know existed. I found a new empathy for those who are weak, feeble and disabled. I found myself evaluating myself as a person and discovering things about myself. I found the meaning of hope. I experienced love in ways I never believed possible. While I don't recommend a near death experience, I do believe that such a time makes the senses more acute and it leads to a more objective review of one's self. I mean in the way that losing one's eyesight, for example, sharpens the other senses. The reality of death brings much to the surface that was in suspended animation. The experience doesn't answer all of your questions, but it places you in position to deal with that which is ignored in what we only think is living.
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