Stop and Think

Its hard to blog when im in work mode. I work for a roofing company, which means around 50 hours of super hard physical labor a week. Even when im off for the day, im so sore tired and shot i might as well be sleeping. This week is one of those weeks, and im forcing this blog out of me, trust me. Point being, i find myself not thinking nearly as much when im super busy.

Im reading the book "Xenocide," part of the Ender series, and it mentions how humans can never be as wise as Fathertrees (a sort of alien tree thing) because the Fathertrees just sit and think all day and watch the world around them, while humans are too busy to just stop and juggle ideas around in their head long enough to be sure of anything. The bible also says "Be still and know that i am God," meaning stop and just think every now and then.

So the simple conclusion i have come to, is super busy people will always be dumber than those who take things slow, not rush through life, and leave time to think. Todays culture holds the busy money tycoons much higher than the simple life thinking men, but as only thinking men will ever know, the truth is quite the opposite.

I will never be like my boss, i will never work so hard it becomes my life, i will never de-value the time i can just sit alone and think. I will always value wisdom over money, and i will die much more satisfied with this life.