Soch - A Thought. What is it actually? How does it help us? What do we do about it? Many, many questions... Yet nobody will disagree that it is the fundamental step to any action. Lord Buddha said, “The Ancestor of every Action, is Thought.” This “thought” first caught my attention, while reading William Wordsworth’s Daffodils for a competition. He glorifies the concept of “Sit and Stare” in the lines:


“For oft, when on my couch I lie, in vacant or in pensive mood,


 They flash upon that inward eye, which is the bliss of solitude;

Yet, the power of this statement was not understood then and nor is it till date. In today’s world, we thoughtlessly live a mechanised life, following our mundane routines. We consider any activity that is not directly productive as “useless” or a “Waste of Time”. Yet, a thought has the power to change the world. They say, “What we think, We become”. Since a thought is what sparks an action, it holds the power to start revolutions. Numerous examples from world history bear testimony to this fact.

Thought also provides a lot of peace and calm to the mind.  If, like me, anyone has ‘sat and stared’ at their surroundings, he/she will know that it has been one of the best experiences of my life. The power to take better decisions is directly proportional to the power of a better thought process. It is thus evident, that great mental maturity is the cause and effect of Thought.

Also, a thought is different from a random idea. I thought that today I will start a blog. I wasn’t just an Idea. It was a well-considered Thought. So the basic difference between an Idea and a Thought is that an idea is a half-baked thought. It is the root of a thought. “I have thought about it”, “I will think about it”...We never take decisions based on ideas...but on thoughts.

This blog is nothing but my Thoughts over issues of everyday life. And hence, I welcome all your contributions and contradictions, which would really help me widen my horizons. These Thoughts will be purely personal and might just be far, far away from the Gospel truth. So stand steady, because I earnestly hope to flow in this river of Thoughts with you. 

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