Some Observations

Sometimes I think of things during the day and decide that they would be a splendid blog topics. This may seem rather nerdy of me but whatever. Other times, I sit down at the computer and just start. I type and type until I no longer have anything left to type. Either that or I type until I exhaust a few different thoughts and find myself subcategorizing others to continue in this line of thinking. It is a curious thing what becomes of my misconbobulated thoughts that are racing through my mind.

I make many observations throughout the day. My boss mentioned this to me the other day as we were discussing different things. Perhaps blogs are just this final outburst of all the things I think about and store away for safekeeping.

If we allow the silence to reach us, we find so many other noises in the silence. If we sit still, we realize all the other things moving around us. If we don’t force anything a certain way, we see what happens without us and come to the realization that we do not need to constantly be in control. If we change our surroundings, we begin to understand different perspectives. If we go without certain things that consume us, we find the depth of importance it holds.

In this time of life, we have so many things available to us, and so many things demanding our attention. As technology such as the microwave and television first started to evolve, the prediction was that people of the future would have so much taken care of instantly that they would be bored. That was to be the biggest probem facing youngsters today. Instead, the problem always seems to be “not enough time”. We cram so many things into our days and don’t stop to think or wonder. It’s as if we keep moving in our fast paced lives we think we can avoid actually considering what needs to be given thought. We block out our own thoughts and imagination with music (the thoughts of others), television/movies (the visions of others), the internet/computer (the inventions of others), books (the words of others), and social events (others).

In time, I come to this realization and stop. I leave the phone in a place where it cannot reach me. I turn off the music. I step away from the computer. I just sit and think. Then I return to the computer to blog about it.