Collect Your Thoughts – Things That Go Bump In Your Head

Thoughts come into your head.

Some of them are fleeting. They pop in, take a look around, then head for the exit without being detected.

Others get your attention when they arrive. They smile and wave at you, or they frown and wag a finger at you. Then, when the time is right (or wrong), they also move on.

Some pay repeat visits, always seeming to show up when there’s a special occasion or when you’re facing a challenge. They might even time their appearances to coincide with the arrival of a familiar song or phrase or smell.

Then there are those that decide to move in. For whatever reason, good or bad, they seem to like it inside your head. They settle in and spend their days roaming about their new home. They pace the floor. They walk in circles. They tap you on the shoulder and remind you they’re there.

They come in all shapes and sizes, these thoughts. Ideas. Beliefs. Desires and fears. Questions and answers. Some of them move quickly; others seem to crawl. Some are fully formed; others are incomplete and fragmented.

It’s One Big Thought Party in There

And they all keep running into one another. They mix and they mingle. They swirl and collide. Without your help, things can get a tad chaotic. It’s your job to sort things out.

And You’re the Host

You’re the one who must decide what to do with these visitors. After all, it’s your head. You get to decide which ones you’ll ask back and which ones you’ll politely ask to leave. You can even decide to look for new thoughts to invite over.

Also, if this little get together is going to actually get anywhere, it’s up to you to set the agenda. As the host, you decide the theme. You get to pick the music, decide what games to play, select what topics to discuss.

Last but not least, you’re a matchmaker and a mediator. You can bring two thoughts together and see how things go, or, if two thoughts aren’t getting along so well, you may have to help temper a resolution.

Collect Your Thoughts and Do Something With Them

In short, you’re in charge. To really take charge, however, you need to learn more about your thoughts. That’s hard to do when they’re moving about, coming and going. You need a means to collect them.

Collecting your thoughts is the second way to lead a life of quiet inspiration. It enables you to take hold of the things that go bump in your head, to examine them, sift through them, sort them out, and eventually use them in creative ways. Here, in this chapter, we’ll be looking at some of the many ways you can do that.

Who knows? You might discover you have some real collectors’ items lying between your ears.

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