Thinking

Thinking

...may only be putting you to sleep.

Think longer.
Think harder.
Think better.
Think stronger.

Think, think, think.
That's what we're told
from cradle to grave.

And if for no good reason
our life somehow goes awry,
we're quickly reminded
it was probably our fault,
that we didn't think hard enough.

Like a fish hook,
I swallowed this lesson whole.
That is until I encountered a friar
who traveled all over the world
in search of the Living Gospel,
and along the way preached:

You don't think your way
into a new living.

You live your way
into a new thinking.

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Think long enough and you won't know anything.
~ Kenneth Patchen

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