Does it seem strange that I should admonish us to take time to think? Aren’t we thinking all the time? I would say yes… and no. Many times we are not thinking so much as simply responding to what’s in front of us. We are using minimal mental energy to dispatch with what is demanded of us, but we are capable of so much greater uses of the mind we were given.
We actually have to learn how to think...
We actually have to learn how to think. As babies our thoughts are scattered and uncontrollable, and it really takes years for us to actually “take thought” and develop a means of mental movement that covers important ground. As important as physical activity is, it is mental direction that guides our days and moves us into important decisions.
Are we leading really full lives....
Are we opening ourselves to the important inner spaces that await us, some very desperately needing our attention? Are we leading really full lives by being curious enough to examine the mysteries of the mind as they open to us in sometimes strange ideas? To look into new thoughts and ideas is often to be made uncomfortable. It is so much easier to remain lodged in the comfort of the familiar, but much that is new and important will elude us if we do not take the awaiting journey that lies in thought.
Perhaps we should get started….
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