Monday, March 22, 2010

Spaghetti

Have you ever heard of a mans mind being like waffles and the womans being like spaghetti? I heard this and as the explanation unfolded i thought it was extremely accurate. A man's mind is like boxes or waffles. One chunk to cover a subject. They don't intertwine and this helps them separate things like work and home or focus on one task at a time. They go from topic to topic opening one box and closing another.

Woman on the other hand are completely different. Every thing is intertwined. One thing will remind them of another and everything connects in one way or another. This is why you can see a conversation change subject three times in a mater of a minute. Its the way our minds work. We multi-task and seem to want to do everything at once.

This crazy mess of a mind has its benefits. It makes it possible to do things like relate what I learned about deformation and ductility in material science to how I need a more ductile nail polish so that it would not crack and chip. These ever crossing channels relate all aspects of life.

The down side to these channels is that they are even linked by emotion. One emotion can trigger a series of memories that once caused that emotion. You get upset and your mind recalls memories of being upset. You feel like a failure and memories of other failures and feeling of inadequacy are instantly recalled. Your mind triggers memories that link far past just the subject area. For example, you feel like you have come short academically and your mind reminds you that you feel inadequate in the way you look or the way you interact with people. These memories don't seem to do anything but intensify the emotions you were already feeling and cause you to fall deeper into a rut.

I think that God has made us in this fashion for a reason but the enemy uses what he can to manipulate the way our father made us. So chins up ladies we are fearfully and wonderfully made and should believe no other lies.



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