Angelos Assignment #2

“Indecision is the graveyard of good intentions.” Unfortunately, the author of this quote isn’t known. Even so, it does a great job of summing up one of the main problems with indecision. Going out to eat with a group of friends might be a great idea and an opportunity to make some fun memories, but if nobody has an opinion as to where they’d like to go, it’s off to the graveyard with that plan.

As I was trudging along the foggy path that winds through the tombstones of things like computers, books, pets, Disneyland, design, and video games, I suddenly (and unexpectedly) found myself at the exit of the cemetery and plunged onto the road. Instead of thinking about writing, why not write about thinking?

Thinking fascinates me. I find the power of the brain phenomenal and think that it’s amazing how we can recreate sights, sounds, and even smells within our mind. The phantoms of these senses can be made real on an invisible, personal level despite a blank or contrary atmosphere. Thoughts can make us physically ill or sublimely happy. They can allow us to escape our surroundings or zero in on the most trivial details. Our brain can, in mere seconds, tell a story that it would take our mouths several minutes to tell. The possibilities of the mind astound me and show how complex and intricately designed God’s creation can be. Whether we’re daydreaming or trying to solve a math problem, thinking is a constant process that, in a funny twist of fate, is seldom given the thought it deserves.