A thought by John Ortberg from his
book, The Me I Want to Be (p. 97).
Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to
buy the book.)
I know, I know, we have problems with thinking
sometimes that we have no worth, that we are nothing. And I can't change. But think of this!!!
John says, “Before you were born,
your body produced about 200 billion neurons, giving you the power to think and
react. You had such an embarrassment of riches that by the time you were born,
you had killed off around 100 billion of those neurons, and you have never even
missed them. Between your second month in the womb and your second birthday,
your body was producing 1.8 synapses per second. And you weren’t even tired!
He goes on, “Your thoughts have enormous power
over your life. Researchers have found that tennis players can improve their
backhands simply by rehearsing them mentally. Neurons that will change you are
firing in your mind. Over time, those pathways between neurons were shaped in
ways that are absolutely unique to you — and God has no intention of wasting
them.”
John then says, “Even twenty years
ago, researchers thought the adult brain was genetically determined and
structurally unchangeable. But they have since found that even into adulthood
the brain is amazingly changeable — it has neuroplasticity. Which synapses
remain and which ones wither away depends on your mental habits. Those that
carry no traffic go out of business like bus routes with no customers. Those
that get heavily trafficked get stronger and thicker. The mind shapes the
brain. Neurons that wire together fire together. In other words, when you
practice hope, love, or joy, your mind is actually, literally, rewiring your
brain!
Let’s let him do it, ok?
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