I don't have time for a stroke! Jill Bolte Taylor More Quotes by Jill Bolte Taylor More Quotes From Jill Bolte Taylor In the course of four hours, I watched my brain completely deteriorate in its ability to process all information. On the morning of the hemorrhage, I could not walk, talk, read, write or recall any of my life. I essentially became an infant in a woman's body. Jill Bolte Taylor brainwritingmorning I can choose to come into the world as my right brain personality, which is more compassionate, more open, more loving, and more right here, right now available. Jill Bolte Taylor personalitybrainworld The easiest way I have found to humble myself back into a state of peaceful grace is through the act of gratitude. Jill Bolte Taylor gratitudegracehumble I believe that the more time we spend choosing to run the deep inner circuitries of our right hemispheres, the more peace we will project into the world and the more peaceful our planet will be. Jill Bolte Taylor peacefulrunningbelieve It takes 90 seconds from the time we have a thought that is going to stimulate an emotional response. When we have an emotional response it results in a physiological dumpage into our bloodstream. It flushes through and out of our body in less than 90 seconds. Jill Bolte Taylor resultsemotionalbody Can we think more than one thought at the same time? Most of us know we can't do that. Both hemispheres are always working all of the time. But one of them is always dominant. Jill Bolte Taylor always-workinghemispherethinking Peace is only a thought away. Jill Bolte Taylor peace My left brain is doing the best job it can with the information it has to work with. I need to remember, however, that there are enormous gaps between what I know and what I think I know. Jill Bolte Taylor best-jobjobsthinking The better we understand the choices we have been making, either consciously or unconsciously, the more say we will have in the world we create. Neurocircuitry may be neurocircuitry, but we don't have to run on automatic. Jill Bolte Taylor choicesmayrunning From watching my own mind deteriorate circuit by circuit, I learned that every ability I have, from wiggling my finger to creating language, is dependent on a group of cells inside of my brain functioning in a healthy, happy way. I realized in order to get well I had to make the cells that performed those functions well again. It gave me an entirely different way to look at myself as an individual and at all of us as people. Jill Bolte Taylor get-wellcellsorder I love knowing that I am simultaneously as big as the universe and yet merely a heap of star dust. Jill Bolte Taylor duststarsknowing I am always in quest of being open to what the universe will bring me. Jill Bolte Taylor questsuniverse If I can choose who I am in the moment, then I can choose to come in as my left brain personality and all of the skill sets that goes with that. Jill Bolte Taylor who-i-amskillspersonality I really need people to take responsibility for the kind of energy they bring to me. Jill Bolte Taylor energyresponsibilitypeople Who are we? We are the life-force power of the universe. Jill Bolte Taylor forceuniverse Then it crosses my mind, "But I’m a very busy woman! I don’t have time for a stroke!" Jill Bolte Taylor motivationinspirationmind I have the ability to make a choice in how I respond. My natural response does not have to be the only response I have. Jill Bolte Taylor choicesnaturaldoe I'm an advocate for whole brain thinking. I'm not an advocate for the right brain or the left brain. Jill Bolte Taylor wholebrainthinking The two hemispheres of the brain are two very different places and they don't share any cell bodies. They are completely separate entities. Jill Bolte Taylor cellsbraintwo chaos is the first step in the creative process. Jill Bolte Taylor creativitycreativefirsts
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