The Moment of Sudden Realization & Insight

My biggest aha moment was when I realized that I try too hard to give everyone everything that I lack. No, not materials. But emotional needs, when you need somebody to tell you how great you are and truly dissect every bone of your body to show you what an amazing person you are, because we're all amazing, but we're too hard on ourselves to realize it. I need that, I never got that, I want to give other people that. But it's just too hard, because I can't get myself to realize that it's impossible for anybody to completely feel good about who they are. We're just humans.

I've recently been exercising a lotmore frequently and much more consistently than I ever have. It's been really great, I've been enjoying my workouts, and feeling less stressed. My aha moment came the other day when I was wondering why I was suddenly able to enjoy and commit to an exercise routine after an entire life of thinking "I hate running," and "I hate working out."I realized that up until now I'd never really exercised just for myself. In the past I have worked at fitness in order to please someone else--to ward of my mom's hurtful body comments, to feel like I looked good to other people, etc. But since I've been working out solely for the purpose of pleasing myself, it's really been amazing.

My aha moment was when i looked in the mirror and realized what a sexy dude my ex lost haha XD

My own way of trying to find my aha moment :)

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One of my aha moments came when I realized, many, many years later that I had been a bully when I was in grade school, Junior high and high school. I didn't realize how mean I was (writing ugly notes, calling names, talking bad about people) and neither my parents nor my teachers ever confronted me about it. Why did it start? I'm not sure. I guess I thought I was better than the others. Why did it end? I'm not sure either.

If anyone would care to vent to me about bullying, I am ready and willing to hear it.

My first and only "Aha!" moment came in the fourth grade. I had just finished a test, and I was the first one to do so, and I didn't want to be the first one to get up to turn it in. I was very self-conscious. Naturally, I waited for around 20 minutes for the next kid to finish (I was a lot quicker than my class mates), and when he went up without a care in the world, AHA! I realized that I'm not the center of the world! I'm not the focus of everybody's critical gaze...in fact, most people don't even look up from their phones when you pass by...and that's all this life is, really. Passing by. Anyway, once I grew out of childish self-consciousness, it was like a huge weight off my self-centered shoulders. So, like, don't be self-conscious/self-centered, because you're not the center of the world, and I don't give a damn if that shirt makes you look fat. we're all just passing by

For other people it my Aha Moment might seem obvious, but I had been digging myself into a rut for years, and it was so hard to see out of, I lost track of a lot of important things. For me, my Aha was realizing that it'sokay to be human. It's not wrong to cry or feel pain. It's fine to show compassion and put yourself out there for others. Being open and letting yourself feel and express your emotions is human. It's natural to feel what you feel, and you don't need to hide it. That was my Aha moment that opened up everything for me, and let me deal with things that I had pushed away for almost my whole life.

My aha moment was stumbling upon this quote:

?Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it.?

It's so simple, but it gave me the strength to leave and not want to return to an unhealthy situation. I know that my life is better off and I'll be more successful now that I've gotten rid of the dead weight, but it gets hard to not fall back into old habits.

These are wonderful. I have Aha moments everyday. My biggest duty to myself and those I care about is to be aware of my thoughts, words, feelings and actions (not to just blindly tag along wherever these things take me). Usually, but not always, I know I should be paying close attention to these things when I feel myself racing, speeding up; this is trigger feeling that I have been swept up in the unconscious. Then I try to stop, and consider what I'm doing/thinking/saying. Often, when I do this, I realize I'm acting in conflict with what i consciously want, and put a halt to it. Maybe my Aha moment was then when I first realized I had to trust my gut feeling that racing ahead meant I needed to slow down. :) Wish i could remember when I first realized it!