Take a look over your shoulder... ubbc#16

This is where I wax lyrical about the past and all the wonderful memories

one should treasure and revere. 

Not really... it's me we're talking about, not a lot of fancy prose goes on 

here at the home of Inner Rambling. 

What I have been thinking lately, is that, there is so much importance in reflection, I 

first dragged the concept into the forefront of my mind when I read the book 

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson PhD. I say I read it, well I didn't so 

much sit down and read it as refer to it, often, that's what makes this book so awesome.

Another one I like is Don't Worry, Make Money.... however, there's a lot of advice in there

that I haven't fully utilized otherwise I would have made tons of moolar by now. 

Digression..

So, is reflection a habit that you've picked up? and if so when exactly do you practice this 

quietening of the mind and delving into your deeper intelligence?  I tend to do it

 whenever there's a quiet moment without interruption, when I'm driving or if I get some

quiet time outside in the evening without the distraction of TV or kids. 

I find it helps with stress levels, I take myself out of a particular situation and ponder

the impact my involvement is having, are my actions truly as I see them? Am I 

really, in the grand scheme of things, going to be affected long term by any particular

course of action. It's truly a wonderful feeling when you can suddenly be at 

peace with something or someone following a period of reflection. 

Remove outside influences and did deep into yourself for answers, it's the only 

way to be true to yourself and fair to those around you. 

Please, if you have already read his book and would like a refresher on reflection

go here... and if you haven't read it, I strongly suggest you do. It's life altering. 

I have experienced a huge amount of change in the past couple of months, all 

aspects of my life have been in some way affected in one way or another. I have

had to pull strength from places I never thought existed and I realized today 

that a lot of that inner strength is coming from the power of 

reflection. My heart is healing, I have a lot of good things to look forward to 

but the only way to ensure they stay good is to look back, and learn, resolve to 

see the bigger picture with an open and fair mind.  Remind myself every day 

that I can do better and deserve to be better; there are a lot of opportunities every 

day to impact the lives of those around you. Does one just get up and go 

through the motions without thought for the consequences or should we indeed look 

at ourselves in the mirror each morning and know that today could be the

day that we impact the life of another human being in a way that they will 

never forget, and it has to be in a positive way. 

So, if you're going to be successful, and success is measured in so many different 

ways, then now is the time to practice some reflection, use your quiet wisdom, 

and then shout about the results.