Reflections While reflection is ubiquitous, it is not mere happenstance that the year-end holiday period b b tis the season for reflection.b B The calendar year is ending, and end often means taking stock.B The holiday season brings greater focus on family, friends and traditions, philanthropic and gift-giving tendencies and the chance to liberate our spirits.B It provides opportunity to break from routines and yields amplified moments to breathe deeply and muse introspectively before peering into the b newb year. The importance of reflection cannot be understated.B We do not need studies to tell us we live in a dizzyingly-complex, alarmingly fast-paced, information-overloaded and distracting world.B We each have our self-absorbed moments and our share (and sometimes more than our share) of stress in our dot-to-dot lives. How we each reflectb whether we merely ponder staring out a window, seek insight through mediation, spend time outdoors, or employ techniques like making listsb or on what we reflectb whether (old and possibly new) personal goals, life paths, relationships or familyb is much less important than the act of devoting the time to reflect. Reflection brings perspective and clarity.B It induces re-evaluation and re-assessment.B It helps realign and reinforce values.B It inspires motivation, revives and enhances commitment, and sheds inhibitors of action. I would love to hear what others do to reflect and find clarity in their lives.