Do you think too much or feel too much?

Others have described me as a softie. I do find myself thinking about the problems of others and trying to come up with a plan to fix those problems. When the plan doesn't work, I find myself taking the blame. I would like to be tougher, be able to say the word "NO" more often. But, I am a believer of treating others the way you would like to be treated. Guess I can't wear that armor all the time.

Nature abhors a vacuum. I believe this applies to the brain as much as anywhere else, and I read that it is impossible to think about nothing. I suppose ACTIVE thinking is another thing, and of that I am totally guilty! My mind doesn't stop from the time my eyes open and I jump out of bed early every morning, until late at night (or early the next morning) when, as soon as my head hits the pillow, my mind stops and I am asleep. I love the power of thought. I have no idea who wrote this poem. I found it in a book with no indication of author, so I hope I'm not breaching copyright: I am your greatest helper, or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward, or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half of the things you do, you may as well turn over to me, And I will do them correctly and quickly. I am easily managed: but you must be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done, and I will do it. I am the servant of all great men, And, alas, of all failures as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures. I am not a machine, Though I work with the precision of a machine. You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin: It makes no difference to me! Take me, train me, be firm with me, And I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me, and I will destroy you! Who am I? I am your mind. I am your thought process.

Yes I know I think too much and feel way to much about things that maybe I should just let go but I am a deep thinker and it is not easy to just let it go. Sometimes it is just not good to think too much.

I'm a little bit from column A and a little bit from column B. On days when my thoughts and feelings become overwhelming I turn to meditation and it helps.