Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

I had to restrain myself from blogging everyday last week. Is it okay to blog everyday? I had no idea how fun this would be. Why is it so fun, I ask myself. I think I found the answer. I'm learning something new and my brain is going wild with the excitement of new connections. Last week, Nathan and I watched the program "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life" on PBS. We learned that it is not too late to improve the health of our brains. Really, I had never thought much about brain health. Most of the information was everything we already know about living healthy lives: healthy diet, exercise, sleep, wear a helmet, etc...But what I hadn't realized was the value of learning new things. When we learn someting new, our brains form a new connection. We have countless connections. When we stop learning new things, those connections start breaking apart. I think that has been happening to me. So, just in the nick of time, I found something to keep those connections happening. I learned how to add pictures to my blog. I learned how to create a playlist and add music to my blog. That was very exciting! A learned how to add a blog list. I might try a video or slideshow this week. Look at me GO!! (pause the Christmas music before you watch the video!)

Thank You, Lindsay

We spent Thanksgiving weekend with family in Vernal. It was great to see the ones we love so much. Lindsay showed me her blog and I was inspired to actually move forward with this. This seems to be a theme for me lately. Often, when I don't know what to do or I am out of my comfort zone, I do nothing. What I really need to do is move forward anyway. Taking that step into the dark can be a scary thing. But what I forget is that taking steps moves me closer to where I want to be. I get nowhere when I do nothing. Wow!! That sounds overly simple. Why do I struggle with some of the most basic lessons? It's a matter of faith. I have learned from experience that moving forward even in uncertainty always leads me somewhere. Then as I travel that uncertain path, I soon find that I am once again in the light and my path is being fine-tuned somehow. I come to forks in the road and by moving forward, I find out which fork is best for me. Sometimes I learn this lesson by chosing the wrong fork. But I still learn and I still move forward. So, I move forward in this new age of BLOG. I step forward into the dark and already, I feel that I am on the right path.