Out of Town

Went to a work conference this weekend. That meant I hate more than normal, but we sure did walk a lot. I ended up not gaining or losing much weight. This morning I walked two miles with intention. The path to the half is set and I'm on it. I'm going to be focused on doing this with my whole heart.

Here's some other things that I need to process. Maybe you can help me. Email me your thoughts at jiggsm@gmail.com.

This weekend I went to a work conference. At the conference there was a discussion about the brains of conservative people and their increased amygdala. (Thats the fear center... the home of fight or flight.) The presenter stated that people with an enlarged amygdala tend to lean toward more conservative ideals and be more deeply entrenched in religious ideology.

I've had a difficult time with this. I know that my gut gets stirred up at the thought of one group being favored over another. The fact that the extremist liberal brain was not talked about was offensive to me. I know lots of liberal idealists who live in a lot of fear. They also say hateful things and have low tolerance for other ideas. I know there is a disordered thinking in some liberal people. SO the thought that the amygdala of conservatives is out of whack but there is nothing wrong with a liberal brain is, well, ridiculous to me.

I just remembered that I have a scan of my brain from when I worked at the cable company and now I suddenly very much want to look at it. Because that was a period of time when I was very emotional and still pretty conservative but I was moving toward a different way of being. I wonder how big my amygdala was back then?

Holy shit, I need to go take a look at that. Ok, Google. Remind me to look at my CAT scan tonight.

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