REFLECT- The Second Movement of Restoration.

Reflection is a process of becoming. It’s the moment in our journey where we pause long enough to look at what life has handed us — the experiences, the emotions, the conversations, the aches, the lessons — and ask, What is this trying to show me?

For me, reflection has always felt a lot like panning for gold. I know… me and my metaphors. But stay with me.

When a miner dips their pan into the water, they don’t pull up pure gold. They pull up everything — rocks, dirt, debris, things they didn’t ask for and didn’t expect. The goal isn’t to keep it all. The goal is to shake, shift, and sift until the unnecessary falls away and the valuable remains.

Reflection works the same way.

Life hands us a lot at once. Some of it is beautiful. Some of it is heavy. Some of it is confusing. And some of it is simply debris — emotional residue from moments that hit harder than we realized.

When we reflect, we’re not digging for gold in the past. We’re sifting through our thoughts and feelings — present or past — to uncover wisdom, understanding, clarity, or a lesson that helps us move forward. We’re looking for the nugget that helps us make sense of what’s in front of us.

And like gold, what we find is valuable.

As a person of faith, reflection for me is never just mental processing. It’s a prayer. It’s a conversation with God. It’s me bringing my full self — my thoughts, emotions, frustrations, hopes, aches, and questions — into His presence without condemnation. Not toward myself. Not toward others.

Reflection is not punishment. It’s not replaying mistakes. It’s not a self‑critique.

Reflection is alignment.

It’s me asking God, What are You showing me? What do I need to understand? What path are You guiding me toward?

It’s the moment where my present self meets God’s perspective, and together we sift through the debris to find the wisdom that leads me back to the right path.

This is why reflection is the second movement of our mission at Lost in My VIBE. After we Retreat — after we step back, breathe, and create space — we Reflect. We sift. We shake. We search. We listen.

Because becoming the “new me” isn’t about reinventing ourselves. It’s about uncovering what’s already there — the gold that’s been buried under the debris of life.

Reflection helps us find it.