Bread and Thinking

I have been thinking quite a bit lately. My self-confessed way of thinking is usually run by my emotions and passions. For example if I get going on a certain idea, it is likely some time before I can move on from thinking on it. I also tend to be very loyal to people and ideas. It takes quite a bit of evidence for me to think badly about ideas or people that I care about or support. The same works in reverse as well... I am very opposed to ideas I don't support, and it would take dramatic events or evidence for me to change my mind about them.

A good example of this played out in my life would be my membership in the NRA. I am a life member of the National Rifle Association. I feel very strongly about personal second amendment rights to carry and bear arms. Thus any opposing ideas or people to my strong belief in the 2nd amendment will be the enemy to me. aka Barack Obama and the DNC.

These loyalties are very complex, as my dislike of the DNC is also based on their insistence of supporting Abortion, same-sex marriage, and socialism.

How do I cope with all these thoughts tearing through my head? I bake bread. There is something very peaceful about having Christmas music playing in the background while I knead and work dough in to delicious tasting breads. The other thing that is very rewarding is when my parents come home to the house smelling of fresh warm bread, only to see them smile.

This is really the start of me thinking all these thoughts out loud. Recently I have had fewer opportunities to talk all this out, and as I think and figure things out as I talk about them this is helping me sort out things in my complex crazy little thing called a brain.