Too Many Thoughts · 17 February 2024
Sometimes I have too many thoughts. Just not a lot to write about.
I am sure that we all have times when our minds are full of thoughts. Thoughts of good things or bad things or things in between. Just tons of thoughts. So many thoughts that you cannot keep track of them or maybe even make sense of them all. That is not my problem today. Today, I just have too many thoughts that drag me away from writing a coherent blog post.
Now, lest you say that I rarely write a coherent blog post… Hmm. Now that I think of it, I may or may not write coherent blog posts. Actually, I think that they are usually coherent. They just wander from topic to topic. Not that a single blog post wanders (although that has happened). I just tend to wander from topic to topic on my site. Which is why I call my site, Musings of MediocreMan. (And, yes. At least one person out there keeps telling me to keep striving to become mediocre.)
Where was I? Oh yes. One topic. Or was it too many thoughts?
I am not sure that I like having too many thoughts. It is disconcerting in some ways. It is like trying to turn the faucet off, but the water keeps coming. Thoughts keep coming and coming and coming. You get the idea. Thankfully though, I am able to sleep. Maybe not well, but close. Still, getting close to restful sleep is not restful. At least not too restful.
I wonder how I used to relax. I wonder how I used to be able to not have too many thoughts in my mind. Maybe it is just that there are so many problems in the world and in life. Maybe it is that there are too many worries and doubts and fears. Which is funny. None of those things have ever been a problem for me before. I only used to be a worrywart when I was a kid. My mom used to say, “Stop being a worrywart.” Which is a strange word, by the way.
Think about it. What is a worrywart anyway? A wart that worries? That is odd in and of itself. What would a wart need to worry about? Getting taken off? I suppose so. But why do people say that others are worrywarts? It is so confusing.
(Pause. I just looked it up. If the internet is to be believed, worrywart was originally a comic strip character named Worry Wart. Which is funny. All those times my mom told me not to be a worrywart, she was telling me not to be a comic strip character. Okay. Words change and morph their meanings. She was just telling me not to worry.)
Okay. I guess that I have bungled this blog post. Words are on the page, but I am not sure they make any sense whatsoever. I guess that is what happens when I have too many thoughts, but none to write about.
© 2024 Michael T. Miyoshi
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