We humans are a bunch of thinkers.  Some humans are mightier thinkers than other.  Some people can lift heavy things.  Everyone has their strengths.

But tonight, I am thinking about thinking.  The purpose of thinking is to understand our world as best as possible. We use our noggins every day to figure things out.  Our minds, and our thinking, enable us to adapt to our environment and make smarter decisions….. on how to survive and live. At least… we hope we keep getting better at this whole deal.

Scientifically, it is quite the biological scheme of events. This thinking that we do…. our thoughts…..  are millions of neurons firing off in our brain. And WHOOOSH…. We get things like concepts and  language and knowledge.

Shazam.  It is pretty amazing really.   So.  We figure things out.  And then we make decisions that eventually guide our behavior.

So what do most of us think about throughout the course of your day?   Well.  The long and short of it…. We tend to focus on a question or problem in our lives.  Most of the time… we are at the simplistic level   Common thoughts may include, “What should I fix for dinner?” or “What movie should I go to?” or “What kind of car should I buy?”

Yep.  AND….. The more important the problem….. the more time we usually spend thinking about it.  We probably spend more time considering our upcoming car purchase than we do when trying to decide what we should take to the bake sale.

Some of the world’s greatest thinkers…. The heavies…. have spent years focusing on just one problem in their lives. And thankfully they did.   You know… like Einstein, and Edison… and Curie. Thinking is one of the key reasons we have evolved so effectively as a species.

I am thankful for the big thinkers ….. And I am thankful for the little thinkers. 

Like I said before…. Everyone has their strengths.

But one big thought I am capable of is this….. I am thankful for the wonderful people in my life… the family… and the friends.  And the dogs.  They all mean so much to me.  That is what I think.