Stop Thinking So Loudly 🎧

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." — Aristotle

There’s a strange relief that comes when we admit something we’ve known all along.

“The mind complicates. The soul simplifies.”

Not figured out… remembered.

We live in a world obsessed with analysis.
Everything must be dissected, justified, debated, proven.

We call it intelligence.
But sometimes, it’s just noise.

I’ve spent entire seasons overthinking things my soul already answered.
Should I stay in this relationship?
Is this job aligned with who I’m becoming?
Why am I feeling anxious all the time?

The mind produced pages of reasoning.
Pros and cons. Narratives and logic.

But the soul…
The soul just said no.

It was clear.
Not cruel.
Not loud. Just… unshakable.

But because it wasn’t wrapped in explanation, I didn’t trust it.

I stalled.
I suffered.
I told myself I needed more clarity when what I actually needed was courage.

Your soul is quiet, but it’s not vague.
It speaks in sensation. In instinct. In an ache that shows up before a sentence forms.

The mind complicates, because if it can keep thinking, it doe…