Having removed the label of meditation and the pressures -- to sit still, concentrate, pay attention to my breathing, my posture, what I'm thinking about, why I'm thinking about it, how I'm going to meditate, and on and on -- and experience my thoughts freely, without restrictions, meditating became easier.
Tell anyone and everyone you can about the college(s) you're thinking about, why you want to go there and what you want to do.
And I wasn't expecting "Captain Phillips" to be a movie where I was thinking about why the pirates are doing what they are doing.
"I was thinking about why making an album was important and I reasoned that it was a perfect encapsulation of a period in time.
So at the supermarket that day, I quickly retreated to my car, hiding this weeping monstrosity from the world, and by the time I got home all I was thinking about was why I had spent so much money on an edible thistle.
"I'm thinking about, 'Hey, Sean, why didn't you run the ball on that play,' " Johnson said of Sean Payton, the New Orleans coach who is serving a suspension for his role in a bounty program.
Truth be told: I don't know why I am thinking about Aaron Swartz so much.
And for the rest of my life, I will be thinking about why I did something so incredibly stupid.
He's thinking about why he has so many enemies.
He has been thinking about why so many Tiwis have died.
What matters is thinking about why it affects you in that particular way.
