"All It Takes Is Just One Thought"

"Just a thought."  I have developed a habit recently of expressing myself, then applying that comment as a post-script. That half-hearted approach carries with it one of minimizing, of making my input that of one with a lesser value.

For days I have been thinking of the impact, the force, the power just one thought can have in a person's life.  I'm not talking about grand plans waiting to be placed into action but, rather, one thought.  My experience has been that the direction and outcome of my life has often been changed, altered as the result of a single thought.

My home was built in the '70s, and the entire place could use a major remodel.  There is, however, a single area of "lovely," my bathroom.  One day I had the thought to paint it--a single thought.  As they say, "One thing led to another."  New counters, sink, commode, a really beautiful ceiling, light fixtures and fan, and the frosting on the cake--heated tile floors.  You see, while out working one day in the cold I had the thought of how nice it would be to come home and have my tootsies nice and warm.  One of the things about having a thought like that is once you have it you can't ignore it.  Do you get my drift?

It was a single thought that set the stage for me and my daughter to move from an area we had lived in for decades to a larger city.  The result of that move has been a husband, home, and family for her; for myself, a home and a life filled with people.

These are the kinds of thoughts that aren't forced.  There is no "Think Tank" going on here.  They just appear, making themselves known quietly.  They plant themselves within the mind, taking root, and don't go away until a decision has made to either act on them or disregard them.  Personally, I love when this happens.  They may be incidental, as with the remodeling project, or they may carry great weight, as when my daughter's life was changed forevermore by a move.  They take on a life of their own and who knows what the end result is going to be?

I have no doubt you know what I am speaking of and that you have your own experiences you can relate to.  As for me, I think I won't be so casual when I am expressing myself.  After all, "All it takes is just one thought."