This picture of a large statue, 7 or 8 feet tall, along the Missouri River has nothing to do with the rather crass title of this blog. It is quite a nice work done by Indian students at the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck. Artists in that school have created several. Unfortunately they have been damaged at times by vandals. This one has a large dent in the ball; the ball represents the world, I think, and the eagle often appears in their renderings of the spiritual world.
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The last issue of the AARP magazine featured an article about life changing rules that can be helpful. The one that caught my eye was rule number 3 - Your Brain Craves Challenges. The opening line was "If your brain is a garden, new activities are mental manure: the fertilizer for new brain cells."
It so happened that that same day I received that magazine, our local paper printed an article with the headline "Memory strategies help fend off forgetfulness." Articles like these are not uncommon where they tout using your brain to create new pathways in the brain.
The futility of it may brought to the front with this story, though. Not long ago a science researcher who has devoted her career to finding a cure for Alzheimer's received the diagnosis of her developing Alzheimer's herself. There she is, using her brain cells more than the average person, and she has developed the disease. The interviewer asked her if it wasn't particularly hard being at this stage of the disease and still being able to realize what is happening to her. She agreed it was.
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If senility goes with aging, there are some benefits:
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
- You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
- Things you buy now won't wear out.
- You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
- Now what was it I was going to do next?
It so happened that that same day I received that magazine, our local paper printed an article with the headline "Memory strategies help fend off forgetfulness." Articles like these are not uncommon where they tout using your brain to create new pathways in the brain.
The futility of it may brought to the front with this story, though. Not long ago a science researcher who has devoted her career to finding a cure for Alzheimer's received the diagnosis of her developing Alzheimer's herself. There she is, using her brain cells more than the average person, and she has developed the disease. The interviewer asked her if it wasn't particularly hard being at this stage of the disease and still being able to realize what is happening to her. She agreed it was.
...
If senility goes with aging, there are some benefits:
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
- You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
- Things you buy now won't wear out.
- You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
- Now what was it I was going to do next?
