Staircase or Pathway??

Thoughts. Where do they lead you too?? How do we manage to get them one after the other and each one leading to a higher conclusion or higher level. Is it similar to climbing a staircase where every step you climb is a thought or is it the pathway to the distant building you're trying to see and every thought is a step closer to it?. .

If thoughts behave in a similar fashion as a stair case then you have one in your mind and then you go about thinking and thinking and thinking. The more you think the higher level of staircase you reach. And you end up having so many thoughts and conclusions that your vision is unclear. Similar to how you see everyone and everything from a higher level of stair case... blurred. You have thoughts that are just fragment of your imagination and over thinking.



But what if the thoughts are not really a staircase. What if thoughts are really the pathway mentioned above. A pathway that makes you see the bigger picture. Clearer and better. What if every step taken on the pathway is a clarity of your doubt or life , similar to how the building is clear with every step taken. The more thoughts you have the more distance you cover and the quicker you reach to your destination.The destination which you could not have arrived at had you not run your brains.

My question is not whether thoughts are the staircase or the pathway. But my question is how do you find out which one is the correct one. I know its more of a situation based thing. But how do you decide that what you're thinking is actually getting you closer to the bigger picture or is actually taking you to a level from where everything is more hazy. 

How about giving it a thought?