Anyone rediscovering old parts of themselves?

Over the last couple of months, I feel as though more of my old self is coming through. By old self, I mean goals and interests I had in high school, a very long time ago. Yesterday, I even recalled a quotation I loved in high school, one I kind of considered a motto.
It's not due to Mercury retrograde because this process started way before that.
Is this unique to me and my transits? Or is this part of the ascension part or other more global change?

You could definitely have something there, SC. I've recently been besieged by high school memories--started with hooking back up with classmates on Facebook. Some "friend suggestions" made me go :wtf: -- who ARE these people? So I actually dug up my yearbook and ended up traveling down memory lane that way. Plus my high school friends offered up memories that I didn't remember (and I'm sure I have memories they forgot), which led to my thinking more about those four years--something I haven't done in the past, because high school really wasn't my favorite part of my life. It wasn't awful, but other parts of my life were so much more enjoyable, they overshadowed my teen years by far.

So yes, I'm also reexamining my youth and "confronting" the old me and what I wanted. For instance, so many people who signed my yearbook talked about my music, because it was so important to me then. But I haven't played (guitar) or performed in years. What happened to that part of me? It got buried in other priorities. :shrug:

It's definitely weird to revisit the "me I was then". I wonder what we're supposed to glean from visiting other, previous versions of ourselves...?

Now that's an interesting question I didn't ask. I assumed that the old memories would help me sort out my path, something that has been puzzling me for at least two years. I believe I got pulled off my path by a career choice that I now reject. Recovering some of my old self, old ideas, old goals, makes me question how I got so derailed, so far off from who I was/am but also makes me feel so much more alive.

People I never thought I'd want anything to do with again, and now we're 'friends' on Facebook. I was listening to one girl's recording last night (she sings and plays guitar). I also met back up with a best friend from 30 years ago. We grew up together until we started high school, then her parents moved the family to NC and I didn't hear from her again. Well, she showed up asking to be my friend on FaceBook. The first evening we were chatting like old times.

Now, I tell you what I'd really like to rediscover - my get-up-and-go, my drive that kept me interested in my work. THAT is definitely what I need. I feel I lost that several years ago. Sometimes I'll see an inkling of it again, then it disappears. :(

I also reconnected with people from childhood. Meeting old people and rediscovering forgotten parts of myself are very much intertwined. They have helped remind me of who I was.
At times, I find a bit of my old spark, but like you, it's not consistently there.

Maybe not going back as far as high school, but definitely reconnecting with aspects of myself that have been buried for years by work and family obligations. I had thought some of it was prompted by my son getting to be a teenager, but perhaps it is part of something more cosmic.

Plus, the new Star Trek movie really takes me back. I was a big fan of the Shatner Star Trek in high school. Well before the days of cable tv, I would watch two episodes a night in re-runs on different channels, because we lived between two different television markets and could pick up both signals.

I was thinking it was interesting that they chose to go back to the original Star Trek, pondering whether it's a reflection of the times, that desire for a brash young man-of-action leader as opposed to the more cerebral Jean Luc Picard character. I guess that's another thread.

I've done some acting in the last few months, after having given it up for decades. Have gotten amazing feedback on it. Very weird. Fun, but weird.

again and again in our lifetime. I know that recently issues of trusting others came up again for me.

I was so busy in college and out on my own I rarely even started a book, because I knew I would do that instead of the many things I was supposed to do. Many years later (after finally leaving the career field that I probably chose because of my mother's nudgings) I now have more time in my life and am using it to do lots of reading.


Ahhhhh :)

you come to the same place again and again, but each time with different awareness. I think our life dances are set in motion before we get here, we just choose when to learn the steps. Of course, this is JMHO
namaste

Maybe I'm just late to the game, and it will happen soon.

Esp, since I started work again.
To be honest, I'm not particularly enjoying it, but I am learning...it's helping me be very clear about what I like and doin't like; want and don't want.
I may post more later. I'd like to know if it's part of the ascension or not also.

My Dad gave me my first camera when I was 10 and I have always loved photography. Life got busy and despite being at a time when I lack free moments, I was overcome with the thought a month ago to get a new camera and start enjoying my hobby again. It has been wonderful and my 14 year old is showing great talent. Your post resonated with me when I first saw it.

Went to a memorial service on Saturday where I spoke with people I haven't seen in several decades. Some who were kids when last I saw them. It was interesting but not inspiring to get to know them any better now. In some cases confirmed my opinion formed when I was 10. I was a smarter cookie than I would have thought.

I am seeing it as renewed goal making (schoool and certification) and sa focus I DIDN't have when I was 19-20

and also...as a renewed ability to be open to romance...it's been 5+ years since I left my abusive ex. and I am really excited to feel like I can open my self up again to the possibility. AND make the conscious decision to choose a different kind of man and situation than I thought I was 'worth' before. and whats even cooler is that the universe brought me a great guy to practice with and mirror with. Now we have been together on 2 day and 2 evening 'dates' hang-out sessions, hikes, etc...AND he goes to my church And HE IS INTO THE tOTEMS AND UNIVERSAL THINKING TOO! (sorry, i got excited)
so his personality and kindness of spirit are apparent...
and we have only held hands

and that is such a wondrous thing. But I tell you, I can't wait to maul him! lol

After making the opening post, I remembered the term soul retrieval. I looked into it a couple of years ago when I felt I had shut down a good part of me. It has taken time but slowly some of the old me is being reactivated.

Good luck to you with your new relationhip! I'm glad it's working out so positively for you.

I picked up my dulcimer after about 25 years. I don't think I'll ever be performance worthy, but I'm getting great joy from playing it again.

I had a profound realization a couple of months ago that every major decision I have made in my life was the wrong one. My choices have taken me waaaay off course. (I know there is a reason for this, but can't really see it yet.)

I am not living the life I desired, nor the life I was intended to live. The universe expects bigger things from me & I have failed thus far.

I severely diverged off my path. My mission now is to find my way back to me. I am seriously tired of doing for others, I want to be selfish now. I NEED to be selfish now.

Suppose that demands of raising family & working have derailed others, too. Sometimes I feel guilty for wanting to be selfish because it's been a habit to defer to others & give to them for so long.

Can anyone else relate?

on my birthday last August, I did a lot of self reflection. It was painful. It seemed to me, also, that all my decisions have been "wrong". A few regrets, maybe, but more like awakening to a realization that all the effort I put into making decisions has been for naught! I still have some cultivated interests which represent at least good choices in that area. Learning to sew for example. And all my nutrition, herbal and homeopathic study is something that didn't go wrong. Otherwise :P pfft, WHAT? I told myself at the time that it meant I don't have to worry about decisions any more! I SUCK at them so why expect something different! Or something like that. It may be a crone thing. I dunno. I keep wondering when all my aged wisdom kicks in.

I am completely selfish with my time. I'm independent, so no one really gets neglected.
I honestly still have no clue where my life is supposed to go. Takes a lot of decisions to get there I think.

I came to the same conclusion as you.....I don't make decisions anymore. I'm wondering about my wisdom, too. ( Where, O where is it?)

I don't know where my life is supposed to go......YET. I am meditating & asking for direction daily, but I do have a sense that it is big, I have "known" this since I was a child. Sorta scary, but I know it will be necessary for the planet & I must not fail. I suppose the time is not right just yet, or that's all I can guess at this point. Patience has NEVER been my strong suite. LOL