You’ve heard me write on the importance of review and reflection – the power in “pulling off to the side of the road” to check the engine, check the compass, check the gas gauge, check the map. If we don’t take this periodic time, we risk spending a lifetime of busy activity only to find we’ve been on the wrong course all along. Or we miss the golden opportunities God has planned for us – those divine appointments.
When you review your life, what is the best way to hear yourself think?
Via Talking
Sometimes it helps to process verbally. We need someone to bounce ideas off of. We can quickly come to conclusions after we’ve heard ourself speak. Plus there’s the added benefit of feedback, pushback from the listener (if they’re good).
Via Reading
Sometimes it helps to read a good book. Highlight the sentences that jump out at you, collect all the highlights, and continue to review them over a period of time.
Via Reflection
Sometimes it helps to sit idle. Silence. No talking, just reflecting. Listening to God speak into your life as you let the water of your memory float over the good and bad experiences.
Perhaps we need all three. Think of it like a recipe to a great dish: Half a cup of Talking. Two cups of Reading. And a cup and a half of Reflecting.
How about you? What helps you do your best thinking?
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