What gets loud when you get quiet?

The number one question I get from raving fans while I'm trying to keep to myself at the grocery store is, "How do you come up with the stuff you write about?" This happens all the time since I've already written 6 whole posts.  I usually say that it just pops into my mind. And while that's true, it's not the whole truth.  These are all things that have come up in my mind many times before. When ideas came to me in my daydreams the vision came as me either writing them or sharing them in front of people, on stage or in front of a room of some sort. And I'd always give a killer speech, people would laugh and smile and feel all jazzed up, throw cabbage at my feet, and when my daydream was over I'd do nothing about it. These ideas would pop up and I'd beat their ass back down like a good game of Whac-A-Mole. 

While I was doing yoga from this video (great freaking yoga session right there) the instructor dropped a quick little line that I found to be profound and worth examining. Amidst doing something quite difficult she said, "What gets loud when you get quiet?" When I got done with my initial thoughts of, "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that's a good one," I started to think about it more.  When I get quiet, whether it's through meditation, driving somewhere, staring off into the abyss, or sitting in an unengaging class, where do my thoughts go to? What takes over?

"The power of thought, if understood and correctly used, is the greatest labor-saving device ever dreamed of." -Charles F. Haanel

Often times it was these sorts of ideas. But not so much just the idea, it was sharing the idea. I always pictured me providing value to others in the form of sharing my insight/knowledge/thoughts/ideas. As Will Smith says, "If you are not making someone else's life better, you are wasting your time." If even just one thing from my brain, that I decided to put onto the internets, helps one person, it's all worth it for me. If you know me you know I like to share the fun with others. That's also probably because I'm a human being. We all love to share the stuff we love and are interested in with others. 
July 3rd would be no fun by myself, duh. #becauseitsthethird

This is why I was pleased with myself when I finally started doing something about the loud thoughts when I got quiet, and took action on them and created this blog. Doing something about your thoughts feels nice.

So the big question for all of you internet people is, "What gets loud when you get quiet?"  What ideas are you giving the Whac-A-Mole treatment to as it constantly pops up in your mind? What is it that you know you're supposed to start doing but you keep putting off? What are the thoughts that move your feelings? Feel them. Notice them. Take some action on them. You'll enjoy it. 

Be awesome.

-Tom Spaniol

"Thoughts are the rocket ship, feelings are the fuel."
-Rhonda Byrne