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lil  ·  3351 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Your formative years, your productive years , your reflective years,

kb - When I have world enough and time I will either rewrite or delete the original post. I've created a BINARY in that post and I want to reject the binary (right OftenBen).

May reflection lead to action and transformation. And vice versa. Maybe the two can unite: REFLACTION -- as in "This is a time of serious reflaction!"

kb, I'm experience a brave new world of self-reinvention. I sent the very busy thenewgreen a version of my state of the lil address that I prepared for hubski. May or may not post.

I appreciate you. Hmmm maybe tonight is a possible IRC. Of course you are in a baby-feeding bed-putting time zone.





kleinbl00  ·  3351 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Perhaps it's a difference of what "reflection" means to us - there's an implied "what can be learned from this?" in reflection to me. Reflection is the act of investigating something internally in order to achieve a better understanding. Understanding is the single most important thing for changing one's regard for the world without investing capital or effort. So when I see "reflection" I see a guided internal effort towards improving something - something internal, something external, an understanding, an appreciation, an approach, an effort.

I'm officially done with the show for another year which means my evenings are my own again, which means I'm spending as much time as I can with the fambly. I may be able to make an appearance, but it will necessarily be brief.

Good luck on yoru self-reinventing adventures. I appreciate you, too.

lil  ·  3351 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree -- words, words. You mean reflaction - as in the two are bound somehow (as they should be). I had never associated action so closely with reflection -- but I think I will now -- and since I force my students to #reflectbetterdammit I will tell them your definition above exactly as stated. Copying it now.

kleinbl00  ·  3351 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My condolences to your students.

lil  ·  3351 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yeah, they have it rough!