Jackie’s Brain theories
Although
I don’t even have a master’s degree, I believe I have come upon a hypothesis
that would certainly qualify for research leading to a PHD in something,
probably feminine logic.
I
believe that when God was creating mankind he created at least two compartments
in our brains; one for learning and one for enjoying. Some of us have a large capacity for
learning—Royce—and some of us have a large compartment for enjoying—me.
I also
believe that the capacity for the learning compartment is limited. Once one exceeds the capacity, if new
information is learned, some bit of older knowledge quietly and secretly slips
out the back door and is lost. That is
why I am very careful what I choose to learn.
However, I am not in total control of that process. For example, during a road rally sponsored by
our church, I learned that Little League in Fairport, NY began in 1953. Do I want to remember that fact? Emphatically, no! However, I can’t seem to forget it making me
quite uneasy about what bit of knowledge may have slipped out the back door of
my brain. I’ve checked my husband’s and
children’s birthdays, my social security number, my address and phone numbers
and all seem to be secure.
Some of
my dear friends have told me that they ENJOY learning. There is an explanation for that. It is a congenital defect similar to
tetralogy of fallot—TOF. In TOF there is
a hole in the septum dividing ventricles of the heart thus allowing oxygen-poor blood to
cross over the septum and be distributed throughout the body. Fortunately, there is surgery to correct this
defect and the child can live a normal life.
However for the brain defect there is no cure and the person must go through
life seeking always to be learning something and never fully enjoying anything.
I share
this with you so you will understand why vacations/trips are a source of some
tension in our home, but more about that in another post.
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