What Shapes You?

I was reading Emma Scrivener's blog A New Name where she had put up a post entitled "(Some) things that have shaped me", she ended the post by asking what had shaped us, so it got me thinking about what has shaped me: 

• Being the youngest child
• Being  a ministers daughter
• Being adopted
• The joy and love of reading 
• Psalty and his Singing Song book
• Getting bullied
• People's opinions of me and their words directed to me
• Writing Poetry
• Fear of rejection
• Trust issues
• Going to an all Girl's School
• Going to University
• My family
• Friendships and finding true friendship 
• Growing up in Northern Ireland - and then leaving it - then returning again
• Sunderland
• London
• Peru  - the culture and the people I met there. 
• All Souls, Langham Place and the ministerial team
• West Church Ballymena and people's love and support for me there
• Having Multiple Sclerosis
• The Music of U2
• Jesus dying on the cross for me
• God's unconditional love for me
• Confidence issues

What are yours?