Step By Step

Salvatore Satta once said, ~The birth of thought in the depths of the spirit, the shaping and ordering of it in periods, the translation into signs, and above all the transference of it from one spirit to another, the communication of that is, if only for an instant, the meeting of two beings, with the unforeseeable consequences that such a meeting always causes, is in fact a miracle; except that the moment one stops to think about it one can't even write a letter.~ People often ask me how I come up with these thought provoking Yodaisms that can somehow dig deep into a person's soul which can relate his or her life. For its within these Yodaisms that I go through a process which I'm going to be sharing with you today.

The title often plays a big part in much of the thoughts which are good starting off points to being from. When a certain thought comes to mind the first thing that has to be worked out is the title. Every Yodaism that has been written and sent has had several different working titles which are changed sometimes at the last minute. Undoubtedly, it is what peaks your interest, as well as, grabs your attention to where you are naturally curious to read what has been thought about in the course of a couple days. Inevitably, when it comes to the title a person will always find it in the ending of the thought rather than the beginning, because it usually ties together what I have been trying to say.

Quotes are regularly used to aide in what is being said and all it takes is someone to say or read something interesting that the proverbial gears in my mind start to turn. Finding the right quote is key because it has to convey or at least parallel the thought that is going to be written. There have been times where a particular quote was chosen and it didn't quite come together when the thought was finished. It can be a frustrating situation when you're searching for that so-called perfect quote that may or may not be able to be used and because of that many unfinished thoughts are either scrapped or never completed. In any case, whether it be from Ralph Waldo Emerson or from a total stranger, if it's interesting it might or will be used.

The key ingredient of many of the thoughts that are sent out is the mood, which can affect a person emotionally. Let me ask you this question, what emotions, if any, have you experienced reading a particular thought that made a kind of lasting impression within your heart, soul, or mind? Moods such as happiness, sadness, loneliness, frustration, anger, etc. are what every person goes through and in some ways, you can see yourself in that exact position that you are either in now or in the past. For it can be a tough situation not to reveal too much in what I'm feeling at the time, such as loneliness, because if I completely let go of my emotions, then I lose control of who I am and that absolutely scares me.

In retrospect, every potential thought that comes to mind is like a jumbled up jigsaw puzzle. For I have all the pieces in front of me and the next logical step is figuring out which piece goes where which can be a difficult thing at times. There are also times when certain pieces don't exactly fit and will have to be reshaped in order for it to fit properly. Let me tell you something, it can be mentally draining to think of the words that I want to say. Sometimes it comes to the surface without really thinking about it and other times I have to metaphorically dig deep until the words are finally found. In the end, it's a systematic step by step process that I go through, and so far it's a system that has been an absolute success for me.