Brilliance, or to be more specific, brilliant ideas come to me most often when I am in the bathroom. Whether I am brushing my teeth or taking a shower, the quiet time I have allows my mind to wander and think of the most random (probably not random but they seem random enough to me especially if I'm flossing) things that are usually blocked out by the din of TV or other outside disturbances. The bath I just took did not disappoint.
While lathering my hair, I got around to thinking about the conscious decisions we make, beneficial or otherwise. Most conscious decisions are made for short-term things, like deciding which condiment to slather your hotdog with or if you should forgo the bacon with your morning pancakes. However, seeing as I've been making the conscious decision to be less surly for the past couple of weeks (I would have loved to say months but then I'd just be lying), it seems as if those decisions can be successfully employed for bigger things than mustard and honeycured goodness. There's this song by Mew that I particularly like called "She Spider" and one of the lines in it is "And so I have simply decided to dislike you now". That line was going through my head throughout my entire shower, even during conditioning. Okay. To be honest, one of the biggest reasons I've been successful with being more cheerful is because I decided to lessen, if not completely eradicate my opinions of some people. We've all had our run-in with that particular creature that infuriates us yet we keep coming back for more, finding the utter degradation ridiculously enjoyable, killing ourselves little by little and smiling while it happens. I'm a girl. I think every girl past 21 knows what I'm talking about. We're hardwired to be morons and doormats. Even I wasn't an exception. That was a blow to my ego, I'll tell you that. If there's anything I value greatly, it's my ego (along with my pride, my intellect, all the things I repressed, jackass that I was). I'm done being bitter though. It gives me nothing but costs me pretty much everything.
While lathering my hair, I got around to thinking about the conscious decisions we make, beneficial or otherwise. Most conscious decisions are made for short-term things, like deciding which condiment to slather your hotdog with or if you should forgo the bacon with your morning pancakes. However, seeing as I've been making the conscious decision to be less surly for the past couple of weeks (I would have loved to say months but then I'd just be lying), it seems as if those decisions can be successfully employed for bigger things than mustard and honeycured goodness. There's this song by Mew that I particularly like called "She Spider" and one of the lines in it is "And so I have simply decided to dislike you now". That line was going through my head throughout my entire shower, even during conditioning. Okay. To be honest, one of the biggest reasons I've been successful with being more cheerful is because I decided to lessen, if not completely eradicate my opinions of some people. We've all had our run-in with that particular creature that infuriates us yet we keep coming back for more, finding the utter degradation ridiculously enjoyable, killing ourselves little by little and smiling while it happens. I'm a girl. I think every girl past 21 knows what I'm talking about. We're hardwired to be morons and doormats. Even I wasn't an exception. That was a blow to my ego, I'll tell you that. If there's anything I value greatly, it's my ego (along with my pride, my intellect, all the things I repressed, jackass that I was). I'm done being bitter though. It gives me nothing but costs me pretty much everything.
