I was reading this incredible article, Neuroplasticity: You Can Teach An Old Brain New Tricks, this morning, and I thought how apt it was for our photo assignment today.
Rotating our thoughts by being mindful of them can lead to new neural pathways and connections in our brain, which can hardwire us to react with happiness, peace & gratitude. Watching my daughter’s near-miraculous recovery has convinced me of what scientists have been saying for 20 years now: the brain is dynamic and can be re-coded, hence the term ‘neuroplasticity’.
Today is my daughter’s birthday, and instead of wallowing and remembering the trauma of the day she was born, I chose to wallow in her happiness, her delight, her excitement at being 9! I’m anticipating her face when she sees that a long-wished-for book has just arrived. And you know what? I haven’t cried once today. It’s grey & raining and I’m feeling happy. How about that, elastic brain?
Petal & Mortar 
Nice set up!
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Wow! That sounds great! I’m going to choose happiness, peace & gratitude every day, every moment of my life! And what a beautiful motto of your blog: Turn your can’ts into cans & dreams into plans. I realy love it!
Nice meeting you!
Emilia
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Very cool!
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Happy birthday to your daughter! My eldest is nine – it’s scary how quickly she is growing up now. There is definitely a hint of the teen to come….
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Oh, I know that feeling! Were we this precocious at 9?
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Definitely not. Or maybe we were but in a different way!
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Boy, my brain could sure use to be re-wired! But I think it might take a whole album of photos! Good job on this post. http://lilypupslife.wordpress.com/
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abstract photo but what is it? is it something that i have to rewire my brain to understand it? 🙂 and happy birthday to your daughter! the blessings we receive are endless if we only know how to look for them.
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It’s the light shining through my curtains, I just tilted the photo over and over to create the spiral 🙂
You are right about blessings!
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Wow, great job here!!! 🙂
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