Saturday, May 23, 2015

MEN AND THEIR EGO

Men are great people in our world today, no doubt about that. Imagining a world without Men would be a struggle. In marriages , men are referred to as the head and women are to submit to the head. All of this shouldn't be taken for granted by men. Men are known for their ego , its huge and can be destructive . I am inquisitive to know what their gain is or will be for being so full of ego or probably egocentric and some of these men even suffer from it. it's won't be of any harm if they can swallow it alittle. Most times when they are wrong ,they dont bring themselves to apologize for their wrongs and they feel so comfortable doing that. They turn tables around often and make us feel like the wrong people .Thank God for God , that gives us the strength ,that makes us the strong-willed being and courage to swallow our pride and to say 'sorry ' even when we are not wrong.  Stories of divorce today ,yesterday's ego is probably one of the reasons and deep down within them, they know it but can't just face the truth.

If the meaning of ego is self-esteem, self-importance, self-worth , self-respect, self-image, self-confidence , does that mean we don't have it too? Or we neglect it and that's why we easily take blame that aren't ours?
I hear some men say we have to learn to accept them as they are , and who said we can't be accepted as we are too? While some say ' don't hurt a man's ego ' should women's ego be hurt then?

I am not a feminist and am not against men either, I am not saying some women are not full of ego too rather am I saying all men are full of ego , the percentage is high for men .Let's all cut it off a little, to make a better you and I. Ego won't make you richer , won't make me taller and won't make us bigger.

The best antonym of ego is found out to be "selflessness ", that became powerful in my mind because it's not easy being human and not act like one .It takes great minds to take that in. Being egoless makes us more responsible , more respectable and more matured. Trust me , the world would be a better place if people stand up to take blame when at fault,humble and not too full of themselves. 'EGO is the only requirement to destroy any relationship, so be a bigger person, skip the 'E' and let it 'GO'.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

WHAT HUMAN BEINGS CANT DO AT THE SAME TIME AND WHY


Human beings are complex and are different from other animals in so many UNIQUE ways. We are capable of doing so many things, but do you know that human beings are the only mammals that can't breathe and swallow at the same time apart from infants? Oh yes, we can't do both, even our brain cant help it. While some are aware of this truth, others don't know why.

Humans are able to produce a wide range of sounds due to the descended larynx (commonly called the voice box,larynx is an organ in the neck of mammals involved in breathing, sound production, and protecting the trachea against food aspiration. It manipulates pitch and volume of sound produced) that causes longer vocal tracts.
The theory that gave reason why larynx descend states that longer vocal tract helps us to make lower noises in order to sound larger and more threatening,giving facts why humans are territorial than other animals. The theory was further supported by the fact that in males , the voice box or larynx descends further during puberty giving reason why men has a deeper voice than female.

As the larynx descends further ,the passageway for food and air space becomes connected. This connection gave rise to an epiglottis (is a flap that is made of elastic cartilage tissue covered with a mucous membrane, attached to the entrance of the larynx. It projects obliquely upwards behind the tongue and the hyoid bone, pointing dorsally) which either covers the trachea (passage to the lungs) or the esophagus (passage to the stomach) when we are swallowing or breathing .

Once the larynx drops, breathing and swallowing requires more coordination such that while you are swallowing ,breathing is suppressed in the brain stem and so ,if you're unconscious you don't breathe-in your saliva especially while we are asleep. There is also a pattern we unconsciously stick-to while eating 'exhale - swallow - exhale'. Through that pattern ,the body avoid incoming air trying to carry little bits of food or water into your lungs.Once you get foods or liquids in your lungs ( often called swallowing the wrong way), it causes discomfort and coughing as the lungs try to expel or remove the food or liquid.

Infants can suck and breathe at the same because of the position of the hyoid bone and larynx. When a baby is born , the larynx and hyoid bone is situated higher up in the nasal cavity than in adult , which makes it possible for them to drink and breath without aspiration or choking on liquids or foods. Infants have this ability until 9months after birth during which the larynx drops or descends ,giving them a wide range of sounds for speech.