Our brains do not have to be fixed, they can be plastic.

Neurogenesis continues throughout life and we have the capacity to establish new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones.

I am talking about being optimistic enough to sow some seeds in the hope that some of them will germinate and grow into flowers.

If we keep practicing mental skills it is likely we can strengthen neural connections and make new connections.

There are probably times where the creative process is not helped by collaboration.

As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity

People tend to slip up and go along the old road before they realise what they've done and climb out of it again.