Reflection, on the other hand, is about lingering, looking both forward and back with mindfulness and care. It is not about resisting change—social change and innovation are inevitably stimulated by the new ideas to which reflection gives rise—but about slowing in pace, giving us the time to understand what a give change means, to decide if it is really in our best interests, and if it is, how we might best go about it in an orderly, peaceful way that upholds those values and practices that are worth preserving