I’ve been thinking

I think my title implies, “I think, therefore I am.” 1”cogito, ergo sum,” René Descartes, Discourse on the Method, 1637 I’ve never read the source, but I know I exist, because I see me every day – the mirror tells me so. In my youth, I was often asked, “Just who do you think you are?” After seeing myself every day, I’m sure I think I am really me. But just because I exist, do I really think.

In proving who I am to the DOL for an enhanced driver license I had to show proof of existence and residence documents. ²It was the same for being permitted to vote.

My Social Security number was required for the enhanced license, but the DOL wouldn’t take my word that I had it memorized and current SS cards do not show a person’s SS number. ³Well it is now a Medicare account card. I had to make a second trip to prove to the DOL clerk that it was printed on the card that it could not be used for identification.

It is worse for a married woman who was divorced to prove identification – they also need proof of their first marriage, proof of divorce and proof of second marriage, etc.

Kawo! I think I got off track as I often do.

Well, I wonder now if wondering is within thinking parameters. I’ve often said I wander as I wonder, so is wandering through and around a topic thinking. If so, I do think and therefore I must be.