People

If you document all of the thoughts you have about people in just one day, you might be truly amazed.

Who have you thought about today? Just for fun, count them all.

They are probably people you know, have known, love or have loved. Maybe you are in some kind of past or present relationship with them. Do you plan to have a relationship with them at some time in the future? Maybe they are loved ones, or acquaintances who you have lost, at one time or another.

Our thought processes are such that from an early age onwards, we can differentiate between people in many different ways including relationship, identity, age and gender, as well as with respect to family trees.

Infants immediately begin to identify their own mothers and can distinguish between them and the mothers of other babies.

Is that not remarkable in itself?

There is far more happening in a baby's thought process, than we realize.

With respect to infants and how they think, there are many other things that enter their thought processes, too. We may not necessarily be able to identify them. Sometimes, infants and children can tell us what they are thinking, but not always.

It is amazing that we can communicate with them and they can communicate with us. At times, our level of communication may not always be perfect.

Ever wonder what babies are actually thinking about, at any particular moment in time?

Are they thinking about people? Possibly and highly likely. For example, as a mother leaves the room, the infant's thought processes allow him or her to miss her.

Infants are certainly not thinking about money.

A penny has no meaning to an infant, a toddler or a young child, unless he or she puts it in his or her mouth. Its monetary value is something that is learned, as a child gets older. What he or she learns depends upon what has been taught to him or her.

People are far more important in our thoughts than money is and when money commands our thought processes, we begin to lose sight of people. If money is all that matters, there is no longer any room in our thoughts for people.

How many people did you think about today? How many of them did you think about in terms of money?

The people who you are thinking about, may be thinking about you, too. Maybe they are thinking about you in terms of money, but not likely.

They are probably thinking about you more in terms of love. Think about them the same way.