“I Was Just Thinking That”

Do you ever find yourself saying “I was just thinking that” before articulating a thought on what you say you were just thinking about?

Sometimes I say, mumbling to myself, “I was wondering about that” before producing a coherent thought or idea about “that.” A dusting of acknowledgement that something remarkable just passed by.

The other day there was no breeze where I normally felt it through the window. A situation not worth getting up to check on, but I leaned back and saw that the window was closed and in a miniscule moment of astonishment I whispered “I was wondering why there was no breeze.” But that thought had never formed. I never wondered that.

The circle of thought from instinct to action to conclusion taking place in 1 second, the conclusion fortifying that original but unarticulated observation which might never be remembered except that I happened to lean back and see that the window was shut.