You have a mind, so you can't help thinking practically all the time. Why? Because this is your mind's function. But, how necessary and positive is this never-ending mental wandering? Why do you experience this need to analyze whatever happens? Wouldn't it be better to just accept what is and things as thy are, without wanting to understand how and why? The fact is that - if you care to live an "examined life" (as the Greek philosopher Socrates called it) - you need to 'understand'. Socrates went as far as saying that "an un-examined life isn't worth living". This may not be true for everyone. There are plenty of people who are happy and satisfied with their un-examined lives. They just carry on day by day, without ever wondering about the meaning of what they do, about the impact that their actions and words have on others, as well as on their own 'self'. Blissful ignorance, some call it. Why not? But only if such ignorance can quench your desire to 'know'.
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