“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ― Albert Einstein
Scenario : A aristocrat & wife had a dinner function, both went and left the gardener alone at home, at the dinner, the wife lost her interest and left home, being back home earlier than expected, she entered the house and noticed the gardener was in the living room, the gardener was shocked to see her be back too soon, The wife stared at him for a moment and then instructed him to follow her up to the bedroom, once inside she looked at him knowing that he was guilty and afraid … She approached, pointed her finger and told him to take off her dress …..
(What are you thinking???)
Once the gardener had done taking off her clothes, she told him;
“Don’t you ever wear my clothes again!”
(Did you get it?) Story source: A sharing on a friend’s FB wall
I bet what you thought!! As the above, we often think only up to what we see and very few go beyond what we see unless we are forced or if the issue had managed to catch our interest. Anything we see are prone to our ability to perceive which by definition is “becoming aware or coming into sense” but this condition i.e. “Perceive” isn’t an ultimate or an absolute for what we “see” just like when we see a tip of an iceberg, we perceive it is just a small iceberg but to understand that it is just a tip and it may be larger one needs to “Think”
Thinking is a crucial tool to digest, understand, and react as it makes one to be clear and accurate over the issue or incident one see’s, judgements which are based on what we perceive may not be accurate and any decisions made without thinking results only in loss or failures.
Today in the era of IT development we tend to “see” more than we “think”, we tend to believe and react to everything that we “see” rather than thinking about it. What we “see” may just be a symptom it has a root cause which need to be tackled, what we see may at times be something fake done to propagate foe certain gains, what we see may be just be a grand slander or conspiracy which only requires a little thinking to be understood yet we react hastily based on what we see and in the end make up a wrong ultimatum perhaps
In everything we do today, be it in a relationship, be it in decision, be it in a profession, politics, etc. we tend to react to what we just “see” compared to thinking over it in prior this is the reasons of hasty decisions, arguments, debates, problems and so forth which in the end leaves us in despair…
Thinking is truly something crucial as thing changes the way one reacts and makes decision this saves nations from ending up being exploited or slandered, thinking enables one to gain more information compared to perceiving, it enables proper judgement, comprehensive evaluation of facts, figures and practicality. Thinking also free individuals from reacting in a pattern bounded by emotions, social norms, sentiments, biases, personal views and so forth this opens route to a more matured and uplifted world view of individuals.
Let’s take heed and at every situation hereafter do take a minute or two to “think” beyond what is seen, it saves a million troubles and issues!!
12-12-12 perhaps a date which ends the repetitive dates could be remarkable date to anticipate “Thinking” ….
Suren
