Neuroplasticity

The brain is plastic, not static.

It grows, it learns, despite us.

Each experience indelibly linked

To the last. Like paint on a canvas,

Each layer upon layer of learning

Forms a picture, emerging by degree.

Distinct and solid, like scar tissue

It marks where the growing will be.

But you have to understand this.

You have to be aware and undiminished

By your inert, ingrained belief

That you are closed and finished.

You are not. Look up; the sky is vast.

Look around at this world. Be amazed

At its potential. You can and must

Fill it with your brilliance. Blaze.

Ó Teresa Durran 180318