Why is it that new things gives us the bizarre feeling in our stomachs. the fear of the unexpected is so strong that it causes a physical and mentally reaction. i guess you could trace that back to our primal instinct, survive or die.
and while we are on the topic, where does the saying "butterflies in my stomach" come from, be right back, imma google it :p. little luck there. i guess someone said it and it caught on. could you imagine, if the first person to say it actually ate butterflies and then proceeded to inform others that he had butterflies in his stomach. or maybe it was a code phrase used by governments to awaken sleepers, cause who would go around, back then, casually saying that.
the English language amazes me sometime, and not just English. all language is a mark of humanities potential. of what we are capable of doing. good work ancestors, you paved the way for greatness.
anyways, got off track there a bit, so why is it that the feeling of doing something new, as simple as leaving home for university, starting a new job or in my case: getting a haircut, looking up at the sky-night or day, buying something of value, presenting, interacting, even hanging out with friends (i got too many butterflies in my stomach, its a conservatory) cause us to get this feeling of unease. the body rejects anything that it doesn't know, to protect us and itself from harm and i guess we have evolution to thank for that, but we can also blame evolution for taking some of our "run before we walk" away. that didn't make any sense. oh well!
till tomorrow,
B.
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