Fear constricts everything, especially thinking.
Crying can make you smarter.
After laughter thinking improves.

Thinking stops when we are upset but if we express feelings just enough, thinking re-starts. Unfortunately, we have this backwards in our society. We think that when feelings start, thinking stops. And so when crying starts, for example, we stop it. When we do this, we interfere with exactly the process that helps a person to think clearly again.

So the next time a colleague or friend begins to show signs of feelings, relax and welcome them. Good thinking lies just around the corner.

Feelings: Allowing sufficient emotional release to restore thinking

US photography by Jim Thomas http://brinkwoodeditions.com