Are we all over-thinkers?

Do you ever think that maybe we think too much about things? That we apply meaning where none is intended? We use death to gauge life and when a loved one passes we talk about the philosophies of living each moment as we face our mortality. But what if death is not intended for that? What if it isn't meant to be a lesson, but rather it just is what it is…an ending.

What about love? We can fill books about this emotion. People discuss what it is, how it feels, what it means, stories, poems, and so much other emotion-filled text, but what if it really isn't all that? What if love really is just a chemical reaction and we just take it upon ourselves as humans to add all the emotional backdrop? Something simple and clearly defined until we muddy the waters with too much description, over-analysis, and feelings.

We look at life and ponder our choices. We wonder where one decision will lead, or try to figure out if something we did in the past brought us to our current lot in life. We analyze everything, tearing our choices apart until they become either meaningless or extremely stressful. Perhaps, this analysis is futile. Maybe all we are doing is bringing ourselves more tension, more stress that is unneeded. Perhaps life really is just about our day to day existence until we reach the end.

Mind you, I'm not saying this is all true or trying to start a new religion or anything (ha ha), but isn't it possible that there are some things out there that truly don't deserve the depth and meaning we assign to it? As human beings, we naturally look for deeper and/or hidden meaning in everything, but imagine how much easier life would be if we were able to mute that part of our brain. Imagine if that bird poop on your windshield is just bird poop and not some sign that karma is catching is up to you.

We all live up to some sort of standards, whether we set them ourselves or live by the preset notion that others have allotted for us. We can see signs and meaning in everything if we choose to look hard enough from a leaf falling to the wind sounding like a voice in our ear. For those who need more complication or has to flip a coin to decide which way to turn, analyze away. For the rest of us, why do we insist on complicating things that just don't need to be complicated? Sometimes, a bird just has to take a crap.