Last night my honey and I had a heart to heart, we needed to reconnect in a big way and we did<3 As often happens in a good long honest talk exploration and revealing arrives at an epiphany or two.
In my love relationship it is usually I who serves up the new perspectives, sheds light on old ideas in such a way new learning is eked out, little crumbs of innate knowings escape my lips as if I'm just reading a grocery list. I'm not bragging or even exaggerating - ask anyone who knows me well and they will confirm thats just the way I am.
On top of this I've made self awareness mission 1 for this lifetime, I believe it is key to growth of any kind. Being an avid reader of psych books and leafing in a bit of philosophy here and there, plus mixed modern thinkers... All if this and more lands me on some pretty solid ground ripe for self discovery.
Basically what I'm saying is its a rare occasion when epiphanies or aha's or whatever u want to call them arrive at me from an outside source. I always love it when it happens though, I sometimes just smile humbly being instantly grateful for the eye opener; other times I'm more animated/exited like I've just reached BINGO during a blackout round for the big jackpot.
Last night through comments revealing a simple notion that my honey ascribes to, which at first I misinterpreted and was ready to be offended by, came my most recent awakening so to speak. It seems as though I've gotten into such a concentrated habit of naming and knowing exactly what I'm trying and desperate to break away from that haven't planned what I'm going toward.
At first it felt like a sneaky & dirty trick had been played on me or that I've been rather careless or naive. My logical brain gets how easy one could slip into that stream and still believe they are moving forward but my ego feels dorky. No matter though, despite that it's mostly just thought, changing my mind on that changes everything. I'm excited and can't wait to start experiencing going forward as just that rather than looking back to make sure the shitty bits are still getting smaller due to distance. Subtle but profound.
What is one of your most profound epiphanies and how did it impact you?
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