Deep thoughts vs. shallow words

Thoughts are mental processes going on in our brain due to different factors. Any human being can accumulate thoughts making some effort, of course.

If imagination may occur spontaneously basing on some previous experience or rich fantasy, a thought usually takes a considerable amount of brain work to be worked out.

However, it’s essential to distinguish between different kinds of thoughts. The easiest way to do it is to differentiate between the so-called “deep” and “shallow” thoughts.

1) “What kind of dress shall I put on for a night out: the one with a pink ribbon or the one with yellow buttons?”(a blond getting ready for a party);

2) “True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost”.

Both are thoughts but guess which one is deeper..?

Once we get a thought in your head, how do we express it? In what way do we retranslate it to others? The answer is by means of words. In this case a question arises. How can we possibly express deep profound thoughts by means of shallow words?

Well, first of all, we need to make it clear how one can define the shallowness of a word.

If we come to think of it it’s not that easy. Surely enough thoughts can be either deep or shallow but can words be classified in this way?

I just can’t figure it out for myself how one word can be deep and another one shallow. Well, words can be pompous, pleasantly-sounding, easy to read and so on but how can they possibly be classified according to the “deepness-shallowness” criteria?

Nevertheless, trying to attempt this classification, I’d say that slang words and swear words would be taken as shallow ones. However, it’s all pretty controversial, too. These words can also be used in expressing deep thoughts. They are especially good at creating the emotional background. Here’s a good provement:

“- Tell us about the war, man!

-The war in Vietnam?

-Yes! The war in Viet-fucking-nam!”

It doesn’t imply that these words make a deep thought. However, it shows that even swear words are apt to create a strong emotional outburst. Therefore, they can’t be classified as shallow.

If you want your thought to be profound and striking don’t bother much for pompous words. They are not the only way to create a great thought. Neutral words can also fit this task.

The best way to achieve the perfection is to be yourself, work out your personal style, follow and develop it.

If you start digging thoughts out of your heart, not out of your mind, these thoughts would matter a lot.

That’s what I call deep thoughts.