Here, I'm presenting my first thought. This thought is about "Thinking". Every creature on the earth always keep thinking of something. A Predator will be thinking of catching its prey while the prey will be thinking of escaping from it. So practically speaking there is no living thing existing on this earth which does not think even though we cant understand.
As Adi Shankaracharya says
"Baalastavat kreeda saktaha
Tarunastavat taruni saktaha
Vriddastavat Chinta saktaha
Parame Brahmani kopi na saktaha"
which means a child will always be thinking of playing, a Youth thinks about a woman,an old-man of his past things but no one thinks about almighty. But there is one thing which is common, that is, thinking about something, it may be play, woman or almighty or anything.
The different types of thinking are..
Creative Thinking: Its the best form of thinking one of the toughest too. Not many people are blessed with this talent. It needs thinking out of the box and imagination of solving a particular problem with a considerable amount of ease.
Negative Thinking: Some people are bestowed with this. They cant think anything positive. If they encounter any situation you can expect a negative response from these people. To a small extent it is needed for example as the proverb says "Expect the best but prepare for the worst", in order to prepare for the worst we need to think what the worst may arise out of a situation.
The striking contrast between humans and other beings is the unique ability to think 'rationally'. Man has used this ability 'wisely' (this itself may be an issue of debate) during his biological evolution. Leonardo da Vinci has said
"Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen;even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind"
So, lets not be stagnant water but allow our thinking to take its own course.
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