Not Taking the Time to Understand

Summary

Not Taking the Time to Understand explores critical thinking, self-awareness, and reflection—poetic meditations on choice, clarity, and growth at luciditybooks.

Not taking the time to understand what you truly want causes much frustration. It also leads to anguish in your life. You ask yourself why you can’t finish the task you set for yourself. You then start looking for someone or something outside of yourself to blame for your lack of success.

You are your principal hindrance. More precisely, it is your approaches of thinking. These techniques prevent you from using critical analysis skills. So, what can you do to alleviate yourself of this reasoning deficit that is keeping you at a standstill?

You must first understand that your method of processing data is a habit you have developed. Like any habit, moving too fast without thinking can be overcome with practice. You must evaluate your desires within the context of your life. Then you can see how they fit.

If none of this works, find a tree with sturdy branches and hang yourself. It is better to be in another dimension of existence than trapped the unproductive one you have created for yourself.

Your thinking is the cause of your problems. You do not take the time to think. Instead, you choose to act on instincts. You quickly move into a new try. You use the same approach that has not yielded any benefits before. You unconsciously replicate activities that have repeatedly failed without realizing it.

Every individual has the responsibility for crafting the world view that is the best fit for them. Eternity does not allow anyone to give their thinking abilities to anyone else. You must take the time to understand what you want. Otherwise, what you think you want will do your thinking for you.

I think that I want her in my arms but is that the best place for her to be. If I think more about this, I realize she is not the right woman. I should not want her to be in my arms. I act without carefully thinking. I end up making life difficult for both myself and her. I hold someone in my arms who should not be there.

Not taking the time to understand what you think that you want usually leads to weak and uncertain behavior. Weak and uncertain behavior often creates a barrier. This barrier prevents you from achieving your goals.

I think that I want to kiss her mouth. But, she has some type of cold or allergy. Should I really do this? I didn’t use critical thinking. This lack of judgment caused me to kiss her. As a result, I ended up taking a trip to the hospital emergency room due to my thoughtlessness.

Now, what is the point of what I have said? I don’t know because I have not taken the time to think about what I am saying.