Musings at Altitude

I sat down this evening to write, and I’ve stared at my computer screen for more than a half hour now.  I’ve read through all the blogs I really like trying to spark some intellectual epiphany:  one gave great stock tips that would have worked 3 weeks ago when my 401(k) was 43% higher than it is now; another talked about a great scene in Forrest Gump where Forrest drives his shrimp boat out into the teeth of a huge storm and survives where all the others stayed at the shore and perished; another talked about her dog and how that dog tears everything up in the house; and then another talked about the $700B bailout and how that wasn’t the silver bullet that all of us hoped it would be.  Although I enjoyed each of them, nothing of significance emerged in the way of meaningful musable thoughts. 

I then read some email, watched a bit of TV, ate some cake and drank a glass of wine…and still nothing. 

As I think back on this week, the challenges that have been faced and the issues that have been worked may have completely numbed me to any intellectual meanderings.  After times of intense emotion or incredibly focused thought, my mind just shuts down…it has to recover…and it takes time to refire all the synapses and get any meaningful and focused thought flowing again. 

I’m going to just shut down for now and stare at some stars and then in the morning stare at the purple mountains’ majesty.  After reminding myself of the magnificence of God’s creation, I’ll spend some time in prayer and then lots of thinking.  Then I’ll revisit all the issues and interactions of this week and look for things I could have done differently.  And after the week in review, I’ll completely veg out over football.

Hopefully after that process, I can sit down once again and let things flow.