Realization and reflection of life are two important things in life. 
I realized that I had an issue with my eye.. I never was able to open my eyes in bright sun, bright light, lights at mall.. etc. I could not find the route cause for it. for years I felt I didn't like to go to mall, didn't like going to movie hall, didn't enjoy watching TV. I never realized that all these could have been because of eye sight issues.
One day I realized that I should meet a doc and got my eye tested and that's when everything in my life changed.. My Life changed for good.. kind of I was getting answers to all my questions that I had with respect to why, what and how these things were happening in my life.
I self reflected all my treasured moments in life and starting analyzing all the issue surrounding it. makes me feel good now. But the feeling of not able to enjoy it earlier makes me feel bad, but I can live with it I guess.
I learnt two things.. one is realization and second is reflection.
Realization of certain things are very important in life. Reflecting the good things back are also very important.