That little voice in your head...

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Our minds, like our heart, never really goes to rest entirely. Even when we sleep, we are having thoughts all the time. It is a matter of how strong those thoughts are and they are sometimes translated as dreams which we can recall when we are awake and conscious. Many times, when we think, when we sit and reflect, we invariably will be talking to ourselves. Not out loud, mind you. But inside your head. Just like when I am typing this discussion, I have this little voice, my voice, reading it out loud to me. Even when you are reading this discussion, I am sure your mind is reading it out loud to you if you "listen" hard enough. Have you ever consciously try to listen to your own thoughts? And then interpret them to actually hear what you are thinking? I know, I know, it sounds like a rhetoric. A question asking another question which leads back right to the first question. An endless cycle. Like in a situation where you are making a decision on buying a big ticket item, like a new house for example, you would be asking a multitude of questions: Do I have the finances for it? How would I want to decorate it? Where would I put my TV? Which corner will my dog be sleeping in? Where would I put that nagging in-law? Upstairs or in the basement where nobody will know they exist?.... etc etc Or when you are in a fix, and you go: OH my gawd... how did I ever get myself into this sh**? What happened? Who landed me in this situation? What should I do to get out of it? Why did I make that stupid mistake to believe that so-and-so?... etc etc And sometimes, sometimes, through those "listening sessions", you actually find the solutions to your problems? Sit and think for a moment, do you actually sit and "talk" to yourself from time to time? Do you ever realize that when you actually listen to yourself, you discover something more about who you are? What you are? What makes you tick? What motivates you? What troubles you? And when you do, do you actually listen to those thoughts and then take a step back to "see" what you are "talking" about? And then analyze those thoughts as though they are from someone who is talking to you and judge yourself? Judge your self worth? Judge your own character? Interesting, isn't it. I was just sitting down the other day and boy was that a relevation! And never have I actually thought that I could have accomplished so many things in the last 10 years of my life. And all those silly mistakes that I make, don't get me started. But that is all for another discussion... Now, I am trying my best to rectify those mistakes. And hopefully move on to a better life from there. How about you? Do you "listen" to yourself when you "talk" to yourself?