Taking time to think

I’m not the first one in the world to notice that we distract ourselves a lot these days. 

Do our thoughts shape our lives? Does how we treat our thoughts affect what and how we think?

I know that I could be a lot better at this myself. I may not sit with my phone a lot. But I almost always listen to some audiobook or YouTuber when I do things. I work, read or watch movies when I’m at home. The only times I really just sit or lie down and think is when I’m tired and feel that I need to rest for a while. And quite often, as now for example, interesting thoughts come to me. Many, as the one that led to this post, are not ground breaking. But they usually expand my perspective a little in some small ways, if I don’t just let them pass me by, but think a little about them and what they mean to me and my life.