Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Baby Your Brain

It is supremely smart to create an environment for your brain to work well.  This means to avoid toxic substances and toxic behaviors.  You might even go so far as to have a sort of "baby talk" time with your brain.  That might sound, at first, ridiculous.  But the higher level of thinking that you want to practice is not reactive.  When the smart, or reasoning part of your brain is in charge you make better decisions and create a much better life. In order for this to take place you must sort out the impulses and reactions that come from the lower parts of your brain, such as the amygdala or reptilian brain. Conscious inner dialogue is essential to a smart life. If your feelings, such as anxiety, are coming at you full force it may be hard to be clear headed.  A little bit of loving self talk, even baby talk, may work wonders in the privacy of your inner dialogue.  Right now Donald Trump has a lot of followers in his bid to become the Republican candidate for President of the United States.  Mr. Trump is making a lot of stupid, vicious, arrogant and even silly statements that these followers are taking in as gospel.  A journalist used a lot of quotes from the infamous Adolf Hitler and attributed them to Donald Trump.  These Trump supporters said they approved of the statements no matter what just because they were said to come from Trump.  These fearful, poor at reasoning people would not be labelled smart.  But perhaps some of them may go to a quiet place and think about the conversation they had with this journalist.  They may be angry at first and dig in deeper with their reactive statements.  But some of them may engage in a bit a sweet talk with themselves.  The vulnerable inner self that we all have is a gentle two year old.  We need to care for them self.  It is the smart thing to do.  So put on your smart hat and baby your brain.  Grow up and take care of yourself and your brain.  You are smarter than you know.

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