Ask HN: What's Your Story with Lisp?

As someone who finds LISP and its various flavors very attractive and wants to learn more, as I slowly expand my Emacs init.el, I'd like to know what was your story and journey with LISP. How did you came across it first? By a piece of code, or a book that you were recommended by a friend/teacher? This will also be a source of motivation for me, thank you!