The frontal lobes, crowning glory of the human brain, central to human achievement, center of rationale thought, ability to plan, organize, and … drum roll, please … inhibit impulses! Ah … the power of control! To delay gratification, avoid lashing out, think before reacting, plan instead of going off willy-nilly.
Thank you, frontal lobes, for being my guiding force. You’re there for me from my first waking moments, all day long, and into those last waking moments – I can’t stop thinking! Or organizing, planning, remembering, controlling!
Hmm … maybe I could send you on a vacation, dear frontal lobes. You know, just for a while. I think we could use a little break from each other. Would you like to go on a cruise, 80 days in a hot air balloon, a missionary trip? There would be lots for you to do, like help the captain navigate the ship, monitor prevailing winds for the balloon ride, look at blueprints for the school you’d be helping to build. Doesn’t that sound nice?
And, don’t worry about me. I’ll do okay without you for a while. There’s a few people I’d like to scream at, some projects I’d like to blow off, some stairs I’d like to sweep from bottom to top.
Catch up with you later, dear frontal lobes!
~ Maryann Schroder