Deep Thought ... oh yes. The answer is 42 but to get the question is very difficult.
I now read psychological books and think very deeply about all those matters live brings. The last 14 years have to be catched up! This just blows up my mind.
Were You Ever A Deep Thinker? ......Are You Now???
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funkyderek
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My Thinking Problem
Hello, my name is _____ _______ and I have a thinking problem.
It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then
to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought led to another, and soon I was
more than just a social thinker.
I began to think alone - "to relax," I told myself - but I knew it wasn't
true. Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was
thinking all the time.
I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't mix,
but I couldn't stop myself.
I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. I
would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly
we are doing here?"
Things weren't going so great at home either. One evening I had turned off
the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. She spent that night at
her mother's.
I soon had a reputation as a heavy thinker. One day the boss called me in.
He said, "I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has
become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to
find another job." This gave me a lot to think about.
I came home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey," I
confessed, "I've been thinking..."
"I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!"
"But Honey, surely it's not that serious."
"It is serious," she said, lower lip aquiver. "You think as much as college
professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if you keep on
thinking we won't have any money!"
"That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently, and she began to cry. I'd
had enough. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out the door.
I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche, with a PBS station
on the radio. I roared into the parking lot and ran up to the big glass
doors... they didn't open. The library was closed.
To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that
night.
As I sank to the ground clawing at the unfeeling glass, whimpering for
Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye. "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your
life?" it asked. You probably recognize that line. It comes from the
standard Thinker's Anonymous poster.
Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker. I never miss a TA
meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was
"Porky's." Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the
last meeting.
I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home. Life just
seemed... easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. -
maxwell
In my teens, I did sometimes spend hours thinking about stuff. About what was going on around me and with me. Then I went to college. I had 2 hours in my vehicle alone everyday. Sometimes I would just turn off the radio and be alone with my thoughts. And once, I took a whole day to just think about where I had been, where I am now and where I was going. I took a notebook and tried to map out some life goals and plans. I used some of the stuff from "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" Now I rarely spend hours thinking about anything. The time doesn't come up. But I do think I should probably take a day alone and spend it with my thoughts at some time. Not necessarily deep thinking, but just getting away from all the stimuli around me. There's a nice little bike path called the C and O Canal trail that stretches from DC all the way to Cumberland, MD 184 miles away. One of these days, I going to take a couple of weeks and ride the entire trail alone without a radio, but I might carry my cell phone and keep it off. The first time I do it, I'll probably stay in hotels but one day I want to do it with only camping gear. It's nice to be alone with your thoughts sometimes, even if they aren't necessarily deep.