Re: Fw: I've Been THINKING!

[2706 N8thst]

Subject: I've Been THINKING!


It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then-- just to loosen up and be a part of the crowd. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker.  I began to think alone -- "to relax," I told myself -- but I knew it wasn't true.  Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time. I began to think on the job.  I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't help myself.  I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau, Muir, Confucius and Kafka.  I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly that we are doing here?"  One day the boss called me in.  He said, "Listen, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem.  If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to find another job."This gave me a  lot to think about.  I came home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking..."  "I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!"  She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood to deal with the emotional drama. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out the door.  I headed for the library, in the mood for some John Locke.  I roared into the parking lot with NPR on the radio and ran up to the big glass doors.  They didn't open.  The library was closed.I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night.  Leaning on the unfeeling glass, whimpering for Emerson, a poster caught my eye, "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?"  You probably recognize that line.  It comes from the standard Thinkers Anonymous poster.  This is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker.  I never miss a TA meeting.  At each meeting we watch a non-educational video;  Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting.  I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home.  Life just seemed easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking.  I think the road to recovery is nearly complete for me. Today I took the final step...I joined the Republican Party...