I wonder, am I the only person who uses the summer to think extensively? I should hope not, but it seems to be so in the current day and age.
Actually, I can say with utter dissappointment, that it is not just summer that creates this lack of thinking; it is every day that humans walk the earth, every mind and every pair of eyes that are open, that there are people not-thinking. They sit and they stare at the television in their bedclothes and let their mind go blank. They lose themselves in a video game, and pay not a single thought to anything realistic. They sleep their time away.
I really do wonder, am I the only one who thinks? Everyone loves to say that they think, though this is hardly the case.
Tell me what you think.
Usually I do take the summer to think and take a break but for whatever reason this year my parents think that if I go up into my room to go think, which I don't ever say why I go up in my room, that I'm "hiding from the rest of the family." So in a way I'm being forced to plug in to the tv. I try to do more meaningfull things on the internet like look things up that peak my interest and whatnot but its still tough. My Mom has begun to act like me being on my laptop, even when I'm downstairs, is my way of "tuning the family out." It's not like I avoid my family at all costs I'll sit down and watch movies with them and talk to them about stuff but it's kind of hard to be social when they ignore me just the same. Mom's always on her iPad and Miranda does nothing but watch MTV and Dad sleeps all day because he works nights! The other day we were all out on the pool deck because we were balancing out the chemicals and I had my phone because I was talking to my friend about some problems she was going through and Mom said, "Part of me wishes that phone would just fall in the water! You're on it all the time!" and it was so uncalled for! Anyways, you're not alone Mandy, I promise!
ReplyDeleteyea mandy you are not alone. the sumer is the one time i am able to isolate myself so i take it to think. many times i turn my thoughtsinto stories. already this summer i have wrote about 4 stories from what i "obsessively" thought about(: so just know that you are not alone and that you are right about the rest of the world. they are mindless robots.
ReplyDeleteInteresting questions, Mandy. That last line was quite "PUN-NY." I often find myself thinking about thinking. It's an odd concept, and I sometimes think that I think too much to be considered normal.
ReplyDeleteTo get away from the headache I just caused for myself while thinking about thinking about thinking, I shall ponder other things.
Seeing as I did indeed read this the day after it was posted, but didn't have enough time to form a coherent thought before I got kicked off the computer, I will try to think at least somewhat comprehensively to figure out what it is I'm trying to say (I still don't even know yet!).
I read this on the first anniversary of my Brother Charlie's Passing. And as soon as I saw the topic, my mind rushed to him faster than anything else. I think about him every day. If I am trying to write a song or something, my first thoughts are directed right at him. Him, and my grandmother, who passed away just a month before he did. I have written several songs for both of them; it's really a shame that I couldn't sing to save my soul. But at least I'll have material for a future band, right...? Maybe not.
Mandy, I use not only the summer, but all of my spare time to 'think extensively.' I have too much on my mind at all times to NOT think. And sometimes, I believe THAT can hinder me from simply enjoying so many of the experiences that life on earth has to offer. I think far too much. I cannot express it in any other way. And I fear that is something too far beyond my control. Hopefully, before I get too old to change, God will slow my mind down so I can simply enjoy the moments that other people seem to take for granted. I don't want to be one to take anything for granted. I want to give love and faith and hope to anyone who would receive it.
I am trying to find an easier way to put what I'm thinking into basic English words. Maybe I'm just trying to say that you are not alone in your extensive thinking, Mandy. And I think that there are many other people thinking the same things as you.
This post has officially become too long, so I'll end it by saying that I hope y'all have a wonderful rest of your summer, and I thank y'all for teaching me more than I could ever hope to learn on my own. :D