Scrambled

 Scrambled

Because of a fall in 2015, and I am only assuming that I fell, I have no recollection of what actually happened. I have been thinking about how fragile the brain actually is. A single knock on the back of my head created such confusion and chaos where coordinated thoughts and memories once resided. The thoughts, or should I say the lack of thoughts about the fall, how it happened, and how long memory loss lasted got me compare my brain and skull to an egg and the shell that protects it.

A sharp rap will crack open an egg shell and expose the delicate contents that is stored inside. The delicate shell keeps the fragile insides protected and safe. It allows for the secure storage of its vital parts in a natural way, in a receptacle created especially for it.

The brain and the skull are designed in much the same manner, although it is much more complicated. The hard calcium shell protects the fragile internal organ that is the chamber where all activity of the entire body is kept. It is the control center for every thought and all movements. It is the regulatory center for the life of the being; heartbeat, respirations, and all other bodily functions.

The hard shell of the skull protects memories, thoughts, and our very identity. Even though the skull doesn’t have to be split open to cause things to be scrambled, for thoughts to be lost, or for things to be confused. It reacts much the same way as an egg shell and when the contents are disturbed, it scrambles. It becomes mixed up. The brain and the yolk/ albumin become unable to complete the job it was intended to do. It scrambled The egg is still good for consumption, but the brain scrambled can be nearly worthless. Until it unscrambles, it will function at a very limited level. It still keeps the body alive, but it doesn’t permit the higher thoughts of creativity or complicated idea development that it was designed to do.

Scrambled brain or scrambled egg. They can be very similar.