Today I ate a bowl of frosted flakes, chickfila chicken strips, and leftover mac and cheese. I also drank some Publix chocolate milk, cause you should never deny yourself chocolate milk.
I'm starting to realize why I'm blogging. It's because I have thoughts. And because those thoughts matter. Not because they are of great importance or are somehow novel, but because thoughts and the ability to think are special. A true gift from God.
I've spent the past 4 years being very cynical towards people that share too much. Mainly cause I could care less how "perfect" your "G-Little" is. But my appreciation towards sharing is growing (as is my love for the coffee shop culture and all other things trendy or hip). I'm slowly beginning to practically admire the value in all things, no matter how frivolous.
So my toleration for these people who share too much grows because I realize that all they are doing is simply sharing their thoughts. And thoughts matter.
The key is making those thoughts count.
All thoughts matter, but not all thoughts have value that truly make them count.
Now I am nit-picky about how people make their thoughts count. Mainly because I believe thoughts that count are based on a question of motive. Why are you sharing your thought, and why do you think it counts? If you can answer those questions with noble sincerity then your thought probably really counts. If you can't, well then that's why social media status updates exist; for you to share your thought that matters but that probably doesn't count.
"I'm sharing this photo of me in my neon colored bathing suit day drinking at this dubstep-fest with the caption 'Spring Br8kerz lOLz' cause I want the whole world to know how awesome my life is" - I think we all can agree this motive is neither noble nor sincere. This thought matters, but it definitely does not count.
I take this personal theory of thoughts counting as a challenge. A challenge to make sure the words I say and share have true value to them, have true content. Now I know saying that is kind of contradictory considering the purpose of this blog is to share meaningless information about my terrible appetite, but that's a whole different side of the conversation.
The main thing I'm trying to tell myself in this blog post today is that my thoughts matter and that it's up to me to make them count. For the longest time I've lived in this small minded cynical world where I roll my eyes at every heavily opinionated or mind-numbingly-pointless status update; prohibiting myself from ever sharing something like that in order to avoid ever being perceived by my friends as one of "those people."
But all I've done is paralyze myself.
I've convinced myself that my thoughts don't matter and that there is no point in sharing them because nobody truly cares what I have to say. While that may be true, it's a cowardly cop out for staying quiet. For not challenging yourself to think critically about things. When you stay quiet and don't share your thoughts, you stop thinking them altogether. You shut yourself down and become stagnant in any intellectual motion, whether that's forward or backwards. You ultimately fail to maximize your true potential as a thoroughly gifted creature.
It's important to share. No matter how opinionated. No matter how mind-numbingly-pointless. Because thoughts matter. And it's time for me to realize that my thoughts matter and that I need to share them. I need the mental stimulation of challenging myself to create valuable content then exposing that content to the criticism and feedback of others. Because how else do we move forward in the pursuit of maximizing our knowledge and self development? If we don't share because we think we are too cool to share, or because we have convinced ourselves our thoughts don't matter then we end up paralyzed and bitter towards the world.
This blog is to help me convince myself that my thoughts matter, and to challenge myself to make those thoughts count.
That's why I'm blogging.
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