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Think about it.

Thinking is actually hard to do, so much so that a lot of people avoid it. Instead of thinking, they use their learning to short circuit the need to use their thinking mind. This works great for a lot of things, but it does get in the way when you really need to think about something.

It is also the leading reason why people get into a rut. They have already learned something, so they don’t need to think about it anymore, or they have been trained to think in a certain way at an early age, and don’t recognize that they never really considered another viewpoint. This usually causes considerable confusion when the person runs into someone who was taught something totally different.

My challenge to you is the next time someone tells you something, fully investigate and think about what they are telling you. Often what people really want is for you to think like them. If everyone thinks like them, then they won’t have to change their thinking. Things will just stay the way they always were. See how this is problem? Laziness in thinking can create a very stagnant society. Also, every now and then, try and rethink something you already thought you knew. It might surprise you. You might end up with a completely different opinion.

Here’s an interesting YouTube video I found on how we can get stuck in our learning.

Do you think memory and learning short circuit thinking? Is relearning good for society? What ideas do you think society takes for granted that might not actually be true? What ideas are holding us back? Is there sometimes a good reason to keep an untruth going? Think about it, and let me know in the comments, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!

One of my favorite childhood books.

There were many books in my childhood. My family believed in keeping me supplied with them, and my mom and grandmother would read to me a lot when I was a child. These are some of my best memories of youth.

I tended to like nursery rhymes the best. When my grandmother would read one to me, it would just stick in my little preschool noggin. I could easily recite it at any time very easily. This thrilled my grandmother to no end.

One thing she also liked to do was take me with her to get the mail everyday. She would go to the little post office in the small town where we lived. After she got the mail out of the box on the wall with a key, and sometimes I got to do that, she would lift me up on the counter where the mail ladies worked. She wasn’t a big person, but I was very small at this time, so she could lift me easily. It’s funny that I can still remember being lifted up by adults.

I also recall that one of the mail ladies was named Georgeanna. She was my favorite mail lady. I would recite any of the nursery rhymes she wanted and as a reward she would let me use the little roller thing that they used to moisten stamps, and then put the stamp on an envelope to mail. It was one of my favorite things to do at the post office, and a very good memory.

The House That Jack Built

A lot of the books that my parents bought for me were published under the name of Little Golden Books. There were quite a few in this series. One of my favorites was a book called The House That Jack Built. I don’t know why, but the way the passages would repeat and add something new each time was very interesting to me. It made it one of my favorite books and it was read to me many times.

These childhood books and nursery rhymes fostered a reading habit that has persisted throughout my whole life. Thank you grandma!

How far back can you remember? What are your book related memories? Let me know in the comments, and don’t forget to subscribe!