Thinking & Thoughts

“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.” – Daniel Kahneman

I have a tendency to think a lot. Finding most things fascinating, it doesn’t take much to get me started thinking about anything. There really is magic in almost every aspect of existence. Granted, when I start thinking about something my body may be doing at some random instance, such as if I feel a little point of pain or have a temporary skin discoloration, then Libby and Craig like to make fun of me. They over-dramatize my statements and brand me a hypochondriac. Truthfully though, I just like to think about things, even if that’s just my body’s small quirks.

What I truly love to think about, though, is people… especially their thoughts and behaviors. When you get down to it, we are a weird bunch. One subject I’ve been really focused on recently is to what extent my personal thoughts and way of thinking have changed as I’ve aged… and then thinking about that in terms of people in general. I’m obviously growing older (46), but I’m at a point in my life where I have some bit of experience, and yet I haven’t fully put my foot down to state, “that’s because I’m right and you’re wrong and that’s all there is to it.”

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