the brain

Cognitive neuroscientists believe we’re conscious of only about 5 percent of our mental activity. The rest of your experience—physically, emotionally, sensorially—lives below what you are actually thinking. Your brain is processing stimuli constantly, like a sponge, absorbing millions of sensory signals.

In one specific example, children who read fiction most days exhibited better health behaviors and outcomes. They were less likely to try drugs and smoking, and they were more likely to eat fruits and vegetables throughout adolescence. This was not limited only to bookish kids who were whizzes at reading. Ability didn’t matter, Daisy found. What

The stories you tell yourself day in and day out matter. Your brain loves stories, and they shape how you contextualize yourself.

Every repeated thought and emotion are a building block in the creation of an entity that will seek to exist based on what it was made from.