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Thoughtful is not the opposite of thoughtless.
G-Pop wants his children to understand that.
There is an in-between world. It is lodged somewhere between being absent thought and being filled to the brim. Shall we refer to it as thought-parts?
It’s the quicksand human beings often find themselves in when deliberating the best way to be generous without really giving up anything. It revolves around two questions:
1. Why don’t they…?
2. And why isn’t it…?
For some reason, we get stymied by the fact that life is not working out exactly the way we envisioned it. Even when we pretend to be flexible and resilient, there is a hidden animosity lurking within us, causing us to be grouchy or overly careful.
On our way to thoughtful, to escape thoughtless, we get bogged down in thought-parts.
Because we certainly want to avoid thoughtless, characterized by staring down at the phone with buds in the ears and a grimace on the face, as a pair of texts arrive, ruining the day by reporting that the tickets desired for the concert were not available and the favorite department store no longer sells skinny-leg jeans.
People don’t want to be thoughtless, where they throw up a wall of insecurity and frustration which basically makes them believe that life sucks and they deserve better.
They attempt to avoid pessimism, but still find themselves unwilling reach the status of “thoughtful,” sliding down into thought-parts.
They don’t want to make decisions, therefore they become a target of every pesky hassle that comes along.
So how do you get from thought-parts to thoughtful? Thoughtful is pretty simple–or shall we say, simply stated?
Thoughtful is two realizations:
They don’t have to.
And I can use it.
This pair brings about the holy realization that no human owes us anything, and rather than complaining about what we have, we find a trail in the direction of success.
Since one of the more common questions in life is, “What do you think?” we probably should develop an astute answer.
- Thoughtless is always cynical.
- Thoughtful is always prepared.
- And thought-parts wants to do something positive, but finds it hard to get over being offended.
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