Think About It

Think About It 1^st of November 2006

It’s about 12.45 am in the morning. Sleep seems to evade me as I lay in my bed, my head resting on the pillow at a very awkward and a rather painful position (because I’d put cream in ears) which is putting a strain on my neck.( I think this is where the term, ‘ a pain in the neck’ originated from. The author too must be in this position to say something like this). My mind surprisingly is keen on wandering into the “gosh where did this come from” category of thoughts. So… like I am, I let it. Can’t sleep might as well have some form of entertainment right!!

Staring at the ceiling, by the glow of the stars I had stuck on it, I see the mundane vision of my current bleak present. I wished or rather thought that how good would it feel if the ceiling collapsed and smashed my head into smithereens. (I know dark morbid thoughts, but just go with the flow please)

Then it suddenly struck me, why should I be thinking of such thoughts. Life was pretty pleasant; vacations going on, high in studies and college life, friends are still there? Then why was I thinking of thoughts of such painful ilk.

Why do we keep on putting ourselves in such aggravating and mind f-ing positions which definitely and always test out levels of patience (that too not kindly enough). Please don’t tell me it helps in building character, I know it does but there has to be some other way, much better than what we make ourselves go through.

Why??? Why do we think so much? Why have we stopped listening to our hearts or even stopped acting on our instincts. Do you even remember the last time you listened to your intuition?

We waste so much precious time thinking over minute irrelevant problems which don’t even affect us that much and even more time over the complex ones which we wish would just disappear.( like those witches do, their problems just disappear in a puff of smoke. Damn I should have been a witch). We think about FOOD (that’s justifiable, its food), friends, love, death, taxes…. The list just goes on and on and on.

After deep pondering, delving into the deep recess of the human mind where no man has gone before (I always wanted to say that), I’ll tell you why we think so much; because when we stop thinking for just a moment and just go with the flow, with no seconds thoughts and do that one act totally on instinct or because we want to do it, it feels so good.