All of us have memories.All of us ruminate.
To find a useful application of memories is empowering.
And here’s why.
Thinkwriting is about accessing completely specific, singularly occurring, early childhood moments that take place before a person reaches puberty. In these specific childhood moments are found the authentic fingerprints of one’s future.
Although it might be enjoyable to look back and remember how much fun it was to visit Uncle Paul and Aunt Effie on the farm, or to recollect how everyone at your house stopped whatever he or she was doing on Sunday night to watch Bonanza, or even how you hated riding the school bus the year you lived in Boston, these kinds of general recollections are not specific occurrences and therefore tell us only about your childhood and not about how you remember your future.
Just keep in mind that all early memories are not created equal. If you review Thinkwriter, you will notice that every person’s memory discussed on the blog, including the memories of the two Clintons (Bill and Hillary), as well as those of Obama, McCain, Dowd, O'Donnell, McGreevey and others, is a recollection of a specific occurrence or several specific occurrences. The good news is that knowing your own or someone else’s earliest memories is the revealing of the worldview.
Plain and simple.
Just like we like it.
Thinkwriting: Writing to Remember Your Future.
3 comments:
An interesting concept, I shall read more of your blog
I have been fortunate to work with a professional to know my own worldview. All my life, I have been keenly competitive and my worldview of "I have to win" should have came as no surprise. But it did. When first revealed I thought what is this because to me it seemed vain and unrelated to me at all. But I was iterpreting it to be negative instead of looking at the positive. And I do have to win. A crude but simple analogy would be slot machines. Sitting down with a worldview of I have to win, I could pump money into them knowing full well I never would really win. Big elaborate casinos aren't built with winning. But keeping pace with the amount I would put into them and knowing when to quit, I walk away a winner albeit in reality I have lost. But have I really? I don't think so. Same as life. In every part of my life from career, relatinships to debating conversations, if I just sit back, relax and honor where I'm coming from, I become my own winner.....inside...which if you really think about it is what it's all about anyway. Your own personal win. Granted, it's not easy and by no means can I say my life is peachy keen because Iown my personal w/view. BUT, I'm slowly working on it. Empowering. Oh yea. That's putting it mildly
Jenny,
Awesome post - clever analogy - I can see that you really "get it"...and once you do - isn't it amazing what else you can see? You know, sounds like - "Holy cow! Now I see how that happened!" It's light turning on the light in a dark room so you can find find your way out.
Thanks!
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