In the spirit of reflection as we get closer to the end of the year I want to suggest the following five-step ref…  Just kidding!
I personally don’t like to do the lists and steps.  I like to sit at my breakfast table and simply enjoy the satisfaction of pushing through a year of challenges, appreciating every free breath I can take and start imagining my preferred future for next year.

Perhaps, in short, you can say I like to sit and breathe, reflect and dream.  That’s all.  Nice and simple.

I would also like to share another idea that has kind off happened by itself over the last few weeks:  I have gone back and read a number of the books that I have read over the last year or so.  I don’t know about you but I am an avid reader of non-fiction.  I don’t stop learning.  I am curious and hungry for knowledge in order to open my eyes to different ways of being and, ultimately, growing.  As the year entered the second half I realised that I have some really amazing books and many of the inspiring ideas and awesome information is worth revisiting.

Even more important is the way that I approached the books the second time around.  Instead of reading for facts and looking to new horisons in business and society I applied meditative reading.  Some books I started to read from the beginning again and others I looked to my notes and marks and contemplatively reread a paragraph or quote, pausing and thinking of how I have or have not incorporated it into my life.

Not only have I saved on buying new books but in many cases I have actually discovered new meaning as certain passages now make more sense as time has gone by.
I took in less but I took it in deeper.

…And this suits me just fine as I go towards the end of the year.  I want to take it all in deeper, refresh and look forward to an amazing 2016.

I want to take from the challenges of 2015 and live and even deeper, calm and inspirational life in 2016.  I want to learn from my survival moments and create life!

As I said, I am not one for specific reflection tools or tricks but I believe in appreciating what I have and learning from the past.  How about you?