girldetective

I dont work on Fridays and I couldnt sleep so Im eating shelled pistachios and thinking about love. I might be falling in love, but who knows and really who cares. That will figure itself out. In my mired thoughts the one thing of interest to me is how do emotions work. I believe emotions are chemically and electrically induced and that for various reasons those chemicals vary in potency from day to day and that we may react differently to stimuli based on their levels and interaction. Sometimes they change based on our senses, sometimes our thoughts and perspective. For example, if I look at a crane in the distance I feel and think differently about it than I do close up. Far away I might think about the structure, the beauty, the work that went into making it, the work it does. Standing next to it I may feel fear, excitement, interest in its operation and how it works, I feel more personal about the hunk o steel. This makes sense. I realize the sense memories, survival instinct, vicinity, and all that great junk. But how does it work? How do our naturally occurring chemicals get us to feel, which feels so completely different than thinking or sensing or remembering. How does something so physical come to feel so removed? What the hell is it?

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As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons...be cheerful; strive for happiness - Desiderata