How very strange that a writer would post a quote like this. It's as if we were constantly trying to promote independent thought among our readers and the world.
Well, in truth, I am. A world where everyone thinks first, questions why, challenges the information handed down to us through various outlets and acquaintances.
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| shamelessly "borrowed" from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes |
However, that's not the point of this post. I mean, a world where everyone is thoughtful, as in full of thought, and operates on higher ideals than the what-can-I-get-for-myself-right-now mentality would be an amazing place and the need for money could very well vanish. But what I'm trying to shake my stick at is the idea that a thought is an amazing and beautiful thing. So many great and wonderful inventions have been made because someone though, "Why can't we do it this way?" or "What if we tried this, this away?"
Recently I've been reading a book on Thomas Hobbes and the "Social Contract" theory of morality. This is the idea that humans are innately at war with one another and this natural state of chaos must be overruled with good sensibilities and therefore people make social contracts to keep the chaos at bay, such as we agree not to murder one another and then loot the place. And if someone does violate these contracts, then a "sovereign" would respond with a furious wrath that would deter such action from others.
I know, what does Hobbes have to do at all with my earlier statement? Well, that's the very point. I would like to add to the old maxim, "Stop and smell the roses" and add "Stop and smell the roses and take a breath to reflect." Because when we are reflective, we can change current courses of our lives and we can occasionally predict possible outcomes and we keep the darkness of our innate senses at bay because we're thinking before using our impulses. We can redirect the story of our lives.
So take a moment, and think about today. Let the glow and gleam of a thought spark and grow into a flame. Be creative.
