[dogsbody70]

the human mind is endlessly fascinating.
There is the subject of nature versus nurture. In the case of those who are brought up as adopteess or similar where they grow up with a family with no genetic connection to themselves.

How dominant is the human gene?

I feel it is very dominant but all too easily we can be influenced by outside event-- whatever we are exposed to.

WHen I was a child, the wireless was only heard for the ten minute news broadcast. We did not know what was happening in the outside world. Most of us did not have a telephone--- we were more conscious of our own local circle of life--not the outside world-- apart from the war and the bombings of course.

In a way we were protected by the lack of information. Nowadays we are bombarded with so many other influences.


the person we turn out to be has been moulded in a way-- but how do we remain independent with the ability to go our own way--make our own decisions.


THe media these days influences us in so many ways.

How do we not follow the crowd and remain our own person.

When we see some tragedy on the TV-- does it effect us as much NOW as it would have done before so much exposure to these happenings around the world?