#22: IS THINKING HARD?

Most people are assholes who think with their butts. In literal sense, I mean most people don't even think.

Albert Einstein, who happens to be one of the best minds in history once said that “thinking is hardwork; that's why so few do it.”

Inasmuch as that sounds a bit awkward, you just have to believe him because:

• Thinking requires  a reasonable intellectual capacity.

• Thinking requires willingness and effort.

• Thinking requires time to materialise.

• Thinking stretches our imagination, thus, it can take us to uncomfortable places we wouldn't want.

• In fact, to sum it all in one sentence, thinking is hard because it's not EASY.

And yet...and yet...

Thinking is a vital part of our lives as humans. Go through history and you'll see that great thinkers are the ones who often make breakthroughs in respective fields.

Thus, If thinking is hard, it is your responsibility to muster the strength to do it.

Oh, no. Wait a minute. Let me clarify this.

Thinking, in some certain way is actually easy because we think all the time. Yes, right? You're probably thinking of one thing or the other right now without any conscious effort.

In fact, if you ask me, I'd tell you I'm thinking about eating fried rice with a chicken and probably a nice drink to flush it down my throat. That said, thinking in this context is quite easy because it doesn't requires much effort.

On the flip side, when you want to analyse, understand or solve a problem, thinking is actually hard. This kind of thinking requires a conscious effort. It's not easy. Not everyone has the mental capacity to pull through it. In this case, thinking is as hard as cracking a nut. And since it's hard, not everyone's going to do it.

That's why Einstein said “thinking is hardwork; that's why so few do it”.