Forget it

We just had a nice steaming bowl of axolotl stew on Monday, and someone said it was horrible, and tasted like imitation axolotl!

How dare they! That was first-class imported Albanian axolotl, and it was great! We even had some left over and made axolotl pudding for dessert the next night.

The axolotl is sort of salamander mole that can re-grow lost or damaged body parts. Very helpful, if you are one.  And many of them have achieved fame in both athletic competition and in the field of entertainment. I'm sure you remember the lead singer for Guns 'N Roses, the great W. Axolotl Rose.

But that guest slagging me on the stew brings me to the point I had planned to make before I went off the point. I won't soon forget that insult, because the human brain remembers insults for up to 20 years, but forgets those kind compliments in just 30 days.  

It's because of your daggone amygdala, you see. That's the part of your noggin near the sneeze reactor which is your primary emotional processing center. It holds on to stuff, I want to tell you. 

They say that gratitude journaling - writing down every good thing that comes to you - is helpful.  Tell you what: get a legal pad and write down all the nice things people say to you in a month, and then ask yourself if life isn't the greatest thing going.

I'll start you off with two compliments: You look marvelous today! And your amygdala is a liar.