I’ve got it! I lost it.

Duuuuuhhhhh……. this morning my brain feels like it’s powered by a gerbil running in a wheel. For the past week my brain has been so hungry, trying to soak up so much and process it all at lightening speed. I often wonder how brilliant we would all be if we actually let our minds work fluidly, without having to interrupt inspirations and ideas with things like, oh, everyday life. I’ve written novels in my brain while driving to fulfill family obligations, only to let the allegorical themes and intricate symbiotic character/setting interactions fizzle like Pop Rocks on my tongue the second I reach my destination. There is probably a chemical engineer somewhere who figured out a cure for cancer while in the shower, but it slipped out of her mind the second she started drying her hair and her husband shouted up the stairs that he didn’t have time to drop the kids off at the babysitters’ so she would have to do it. 

Really, think about it. Showers, car rides, gym-mandated half hour limits on cardio equipment, standing in line at the post office or grocery store, those last few moments in bed before drifting off to sleep, THESE are are moments when intuition, problem-solving, and creative impulse seem to be at their glory. Is this nature’s  way of making sure we don’t take over the world? Our brilliance comes in flashes, and rarely do we have the time, resources, or energy at that exact moment to bring our ideas to fruition. 

Just think of the unrealized potential that is missed so that we can be human.