I write this blog to record experiences and ideas I have. I have found repeatedly that thinking about my life, internal and external, gives me insight into my aging, my friendships and my thoughts. I have been impressed by the list of variables that Robert Ornstein made that tend to explain what gets noticed and remembered. What is noticed, what I am aware of is a big part of knowing me, my mind and my life. Ornstein's list
https://fearfunandfiloz.blogspot.com/2009/06/our-minds-and-reality.html
Recency – did it just happen?
Vividness – Is it exciting? Colorful? 'Real'?
Comparison – Was it bigger, smaller, faster, slower than usual?
Significance – What did it 'mean'? Was it 'good'? 'Bad'?
tends to apply to watching a baseball game or people at a party. In today's world, there are many other sources of suggestions for subjects to think about.
Many of my daily emails come from Amazon book titles that are advertised. I read CNN's Five Things, which does contain five things that are prominent in the day's news but also include tidbits of interest or are funny. Friends may make a written or spoken comment that gets my head off in a direction I wouldn't have gone without them. For instance, today is the birthday of C.S. Lewis, an author who wrote several books that meant much to me as a young adult. So, history, including my own history can suggest associations that get my head going. Meditation and the resulting awareness of my mind, along with attempts to let myself face all my fears, desires, regrets and other emotions suggest avenues of thought worth pursuing. The title of this blog is purposely aimed at reminding me of the breadth and length of thoughts and interests. I think that animals like humans tend to be alert to fear and sources of danger but when there is no pressing danger, fun and pleasures come to mind. And then, taking thought about thoughts, feelings, plans and memories naturally take place.
I find that my blog, which goes back to 2008, and quite valuablely has a search window that quickly finds all posts containing a given search term, is quite a help.
