Viewpoint: Value of reflection

In just a few weeks time we will see the end of 2023. Personally, 2023 has been a year I will be glad to see the back of. It has been a year of too many family and personal deaths, all of which provide opportunities to reflect on just what a privilege it was to know those individuals.

Of course, the hurt of losing close family members is always particularly hard but, upon reflection, it is always a time to remember, with an element of joy, the enrichment these people brought to one’s life; all the lessons and understanding they endowed. So, while 2023 has, in many ways, been an incredibly sad year it has also been a time of reflection upon the things I learned and the things I have been able to do because of the enrichment these people brought to my life.