6 moments that changed a life

From the new book 'The Moment,' 6 examples of a moment that changed a life.

6. Stephen Tobolowsky

By Phil McCarten/STR/A-MCCARTEN/AP

The "Californication" and "Glee" actor got stuck in traffic on the way to a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game. His car window was permanently stuck open and a large moth had flown in. Despite the open window, the insect wouldn't go back out – instead, it kept hitting the small portion of glass and missing the large opening. When the game had officially started and Tobolowsky was still in traffic, he got out to see what the hold-up was and saw he'd been behind parked cars the entire time. Suddenly, he found himself identifying with the moth. "Since then, there have been many walls thrown at me by life," the actor wrote. "Hardships. Setbacks. But because of my friend, the moth, I learned that a wall may not be a wall; from a different angle, it could be a bridge."

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