Hello Friendships! Ready for this long overdue blog entry? I know I am! So sit back in your comfy couch, make yourself a cup of tea, and maybe read this till the end?
Did you know an Ostrich's eye is the same size as it's brain? Their brains are so small and are so under developed compared to a human brain that, if you raise your hand in front of an ostrich it will think your hand is your head. But really who needs common sense when you can lay ostrich eggs that can weigh up to five pounds? (Don't answer that question...or actually answer it if you want I don't control your life). Did you also know that mortality rates jumps between our early and late adolescence? Crime rates and alcohol abuse are actually highest among young people compared to any other age.
You're wondering..."why did you just make me read that irrelevant information about Ostriches and remind me why society frowns upon teens most of the time?" Well because I feel like right now all of us, if you're nineteen and under, have ostrich brains. Sorry if I offended any of you, but it's true. Teenagers have very small brains! We are so quick to make our decisions that we don't even think about the future consequences that can happen because of the decisions we make. We live in so much of the now that we tend to abuse the fact that we have so much of our lives ahead of us.
I know all ages can be accused of this but teens seem to be more so the victims. "Young people at this age are close to a lifelong peak of physical health, strength, and mental capacity, and yet, for some, this can be a hazardous age." Unfortunately we "Young people" lack development in the frontal lobe of our brains. So don't blame others for your terrible decision making, blame your brain! Your brain isn't fully developed until your early twenties. When you reach this point in your life you have learnt from past mistakes and are still learning, but just handling it in a more sensible manner. Or maybe you're at this point in your life right now! Maybe you're ahead of the game and you have grown out of your ostrich brain.
In any case whether you have an ostrich brain or grew out of it, you have been in a point in your life where you couldn't tell the difference between your head and hand. What I mean is that you probably have made some decisions that you weren't so proud of because you didn't use your head. And by making that decision your sensory neurons start to kicking and your body just follows with the not so cool decision. But you learn from those mistakes and your ostrich brain starts to become...not...an...ostrich...brain?
So don't worry. Have no shame because you have an ostrich brain! Embrace it! This is the time to make mistakes. You're going to make some terrible decisions in your life, it's inevitable. It's up to you to take those mistakes and make it into wicked life lessons for those little hoodlums that live across from you; So they don't have to make the same mistakes you did.
Peace and Hair grease,
-Someone who has an ostrich brain just like you
