Reflection is a very rewarding form of writing. If you'd like to write about something that caused you to reflect, start with a mental picture or an actual image.

Reflection is the art of looking back on a past situation and processing what happened from a more mature perspective. One is only able to reflect on a situation after being removed from it.Through the art or act of reflecting on bad decisions, misspoken words, or inappropriate behavior that happened in the past, negative situations can lead to self-discovery and can become learning opportunities.

Reflection is not an activity for any specific age group. It can happen to anyone who dares to take a backward look at past behavior in hopes of gaining information or finding the lesson to be learned. Reflection involves taking a backward look at an emotional event that happened but it also includes some introspection so as to determine how you feel about it in the present moment. By reflecting on negative events in the past, we are able to learn and change. Bad experiences turned into lifelong lessons is how we develop emotional competence and how we build empathy for others.

Reflection is best achieved through writing. You might begin by writing a paragraph about what happened, when it happened, and how you felt about what happened THEN. You would especially want to name the strongest emotion(s) that you felt at the time. The second paragraph you write would explain how you feel about the event, incident or situation NOW, after so many months or years. Reflecting on a past event requires the passage of time..

Reflection involves explaining what emotions you felt in the past and what emotions you feel in the present moment, but the purpose for writing is to discover what you learned and what difference this event made in your life. Examples of reflection can be found in poetry, songs, and creative non-fiction, or they can be rendered in a work of fiction. I love putting poetry or music and images together, and also, I like reading poetry, but the best place to start writing is with an actual image or an image in your mind.

Reflection is a very rewarding form of writing. If you'd like to write about something that caused you to reflect, start with a mental picture or an actual image. As an example, consider the following image. Life experiences and lasting memories begin at some point during any ordinary day.