Samrah's Stories

  You may not have noticed, but our understanding of how the brain and the mind are buddies has come a long way. Way back in the day, Hippocrates, A famous physician in ancient Greece said, "Hey, the mind lived in the brain!" But then, Aristotle, who was his philosophical rival, thought, "Nah, you wrong, it Definity lives around in the heart, that's where you feel love!" Now, don't get me wrong, we still use the heart as a symbol for love, (unless you’re weird and use the brain as a symbol) but when it comes to science, our brains shine in the spotlight. Yep, as you probably guessed it's your brain that’s calling the shots when you fall in love. Back in the early 1800s, there was this German dude named Franz Gall who came up with a pretty wild idea called phrenology. He thought that by feeling the bumps on your head, he could figure out how big your brain was and what kind of smarts and personality traits you had hiding up there. Believe it or not, thi

                                           My Mother's stories      Ever since I was little, my mom used to talk story of her upbringing as the youngest daughter in China. She'd recount her struggles, always emphasizing the importance of hard work and resilience to secure a better future and avoid the hardships she endured. In her family of eight, with one brother and four sisters, my mother's experiences diverged significantly from the narrative in 'The Woman Warrior.' Unlike Kingston's upbringing, my mother and her siblings were deeply cherished by their grandparents. My grandparents worked tirelessly, day and night, to put food on the table, although it was hardly enough for a family of their size. My mother often shared stories of helping her mother secretly sell eggs to earn meager sums and assisting her father in raising pigeons for a few extra dollars. This struggle was deepened because of how heavily communist China was during her time. Even though sh

The Proper Way To Think It is our innate behavior for us to think only about ourselves, after all we can only really see the world from our own perspective. Most people never stop and think about the impacts our actions have because we think we are special, and the world just revolves around us. Our unconscious mind is hardwired to think solely about ourselves, and to ignore everything that goes on around us because it simply doesn’t involve us. This is the type of innate thought process everybody has, however, there's a much better thought process that could benefit many of us- and that is to think outside of the box. I’m sure you have heard this cliché many times, but it can impact our lives a lot more than you may think. If you simply change the way you perceive the world, you could find a lot more value in life. All you have to do is broaden your mental perspective and think more about the people and events that take place around you. For example, imagine you're doing a t