Calq your thoughts 
Have you ever noticed how much your own thinking can often interfere with your awareeness? You've probably had the experience of failing to hear what someone is saying to you because you're busy thinking of how to answer them. 

There is a time for thinking, for questioing and judgment, for analyzing and straegizing, and there is a time for opening yourself up to experience the world around you. You are well equipped to think, and you are also equipped to listen, to feel, to see, to experience. 

Thoughts can be powerful. The absence of thoughts can be powerful as well. Many things are annoying, for example, simply because you think they're annoying. What grand and beautiful things mighte lie hidden underneath the relentless noise of your own thoughts? 

Pursue your thoughts with vigor, and when the situation calls for it, let your thoughts be still. Strength and wisdom come not only from excitement and complexity, but also from a quiet and peaceful awareness of what is.