BRAIN WORK

My brain has been thinking a lot about my brain, recently.  How it works.  How it got the way it is.  How I may have changed it.  Decisions - decisions.  Do you think about your brain?

I think our brains must be wired to seek pleasure and to react negatively to pain.  That seems pretty basic to me.  Our senses send messages to the brain and it decides what action should be taken.  This seems to me the way it all begins.  This is how we learn.

That stuff is easy.  It doesn't take too much learning.  Things get more difficult when the choice is between short-term and long-term goals.  What are the things that bring you pleasure?  A degree?  Money?  Power?  Prestige?  Are these things the end or a stepping stone to pleasure?  Will they last a long time or just a short while?  If you get these things, will you be satisfied?  There is pleasure in satisfaction but will it last?

When making important decisions, our brain should not only decide if it will bring us pleasure but if it will be short-lived or long.  More than that, it must decide how our decisions will effect others.  That's a whole new ballgame.  How will it effect the pain-pleasure of our partners, family, friends and even people we don't know.  If your brain gets this far, your brain has taken love into consideration.  That's the pinnacle.

How about Love?  Love is a pleasure we all seek to some degree. There is great satisfaction in being loved.  Loss of love can be a terrible pain.  Some love is based on fleeting ideals.  Some love, like that of a parent for child, is unconditional.  

Love might lead you to find the pleasure of sharing - of doing something for another person.  The pleasure of seeing someone grow in spirit and knowledge.  If you made it this far, you and your brain are in good shape.  Be satisfied.

My brain is tired of thinking about this stuff.