Thoughts On Thinking

ing. What does thinking mean? It means reflectingmore comfortable in the college and help him get
upon and analyzing the different aspects of abetter results. Everyday, we know about our
situation or a condition or any issue. This needs time.priorities and we have to direct thinking towards that.
How many of us think? Why should we think? WhatFor example, you may love thinking about astronomy.
are the issues about which we should think? If youBut if your spouse is in the hospital fighting a bad
are a medical professional, do you need to thinkdisease, your priority is to learn more about that
about politics? If you are a computer professional, dodisease and think of ways to make your spouse
you need to think about stars? If you are arecover faster.
housewife, do you need to think about theBreaking old patterns
petroleum prices around the world?Many of us have developed patterns of thinking and
Our thinkingwe don't get away from these patterns even when
What should be our areas of thinking? Do not manyrequired. This is wrong. We have to think about what
of us waste time by thinking about issues that don'twe should think. That is our first job. And to know
touch their life at all? We are all given limited timeabout that, we have to have life goals, divide them in
during a day. We only have 24 hours and we have tosmall time frames and achieve them one after
manage time in such a way that we get maximumanother. Our thinking has to help us doing that.
results that help us. Getting results in areas that don'tWhat should we think about?
help us, are of no use. Same applies to thinking. TheThinking about issues that lead to a happier life for us
question- what should I think about needs an answerand help us achieve our goals is the correct way of
to - What are my priorities in my life. If this year, mythinking and investing time in that. To invest time
priority is to get a promotion then I need to thinkthinking about poverty in the world, if we are
about the ways I can get it. If this year, my child isourselves running short of money will not help
getting into a college, my priority is to know moreanyone. But if we think about the ways we can
about college life and think of ways to make himmake more money, that will help us surely.