It is highly necessary that understanding some horrible event may be the best thing one can do, but what if the other option is to make something great instead. Commiserating upon the awful has artistic and emotional worth to an the extent of the criticism and scope yet being lost in it or not putting it to some productive means creates lack in the whole endeavor. Creating great thoughts sounds really childish until one begins to answering two simple questions of what is the opposite of it and how often do I do that.
At any point in time one can ask themselves, what would be wonderful right now? If you can’t immediately think of it, then play with the idea. There is no competition, no race or others to beat. Maybe you have a hero, made up or real, and the thought of what would they do, Jesus included, can be not alleviating to depressive feelings and helplessness but innovative and productive. Make thought art! Allow yourself the space to wonder how things could be more wonderful and what would have real meaning to it.
The critique of these things is subjective but essential. The easy answer is to tell everyone they’re nice and pretty then that you love them. This does not necessarily dampen the compliment but in mass load it loses its touch and is rather lazy in greater scope of things. As one creates great thoughts, one must hone their ability and process. Look up great art, research projects that excite you, read books which changes the world and open up new galaxies of understanding and perceptions, get better, harder, faster and more loving in better ways from new angles. Map new directions of thoughts that never were open… but critique your own thoughts because that is how one habitualizes getting away from stupid habits of depressive and meaningless judgments or depression. If they are worth experiencing for great thoughts to occur, if feeling an emotion to the fullest is one’s goal, have at it. But critique them all the same towards being great thoughts. This is the best habit to catch.
