Then I thought :
An Open minded person has the Proclivity to entertain the thought of multiple possibilities instead of the existence of only one
Now I Think :
A truly open minded person has the proclivity to entertain the thought of multiple possibilities including the possibility of only one existent possibility
Open mindedness
Then I Thought :
You should not get married until you find the right person
Now I think :
You should not get married until you are the right person
Marriage
Then I thought :
The workplace is one big happy family with concurring goals shared by every person
Now I think :
the workplace is one big arena of egos with competing goals held be each person
Work
Then I thought :
lending liberally is virtue, Borrowing easily is humility
Now I think :
lending responsibly is virtue, Borrowing thoughtfully is humility
Finance
Then I thought :
Spend on your needs and save what is left
Now I think :
Save for your needs and spend what is left
Investment
Then I thought :
We get educated while we seek to learn
Now I think :
We’re being educated all the time. And while we’re not proactively pursuing to know more and figure out things by ourselves, we are subtly being educated to receive dumb and unverified ideas from by TV networks, entertainers, celebrities, social media and sanctimonious opinionated business and political tycoons whose only show of credibility is in the digits of their bank balance, but never in their conduct
Learning
Then I thought :
Forget about the past, it is already fixed. Concentrate on the future; it has unlimited possibilities
Now I think :
The past is infinitely redefinable. Reflect on it to understand it better. The future is instead limited within the constantly shrinking parameters projected from the past. And the parameters shrink smaller by every new pathway we create in the present. Reflect on the past, judge the present, and hope in the future
Reflections
Then I imagined :
Time is the most obviously real and immutable part of our reality.
Now I wonder if :
Time does not actually exist as fundamental to our reality. And our experience of it is only a derivative construct of our consciousness
Time
Then I imagined :
Religionists are the world’s advocates of faith.
Now I wonder if :
Religionists are the worst advocates of faith
Faith
Then I thought :
Love is a decision you make for yourself about another person
Now I think :
love is a decision you make about yourself for another person
Love
Then I thought :
Follow your passion. Do what makes you happy
Now I think :
Lead your passion. Do what makes you better
Passion

© T. A. Davids, 2020

