Emotions – my heartfelt thoughts, uncensored

My heart skipped. I stayed calm to realize I was still alive. Motivation to propel forward had died. I froze in my track, wondering my next move in the game of life. A falling branch from a healthy tree epitomized my life.

I had a pleasant conversation with a wise friend and I quote – Emotions to the person will only stem from knowledge of who the person is.

In other words, he meant how we felt towards a person relied on who we know the person as. When that person fails you, whatever you know about that person previously had failed and we can easily forget about the entire situation, and the person. It also meant to me that, emotions towards a person have to be logical, and be based on facts. That is, to separate our heart, mind and soul, to make a practical decision if that person is worth the emotional rides.

It is self-centered and overly protective, but this idea can shield us from emotional distress. Simple as it may sound, yet an onerous task. How can anyone separates the heart, mind and soul??

To maneuver through the odds based on decisions drawn by logics and not emotions, with no room for negotiations. To view logical decisions as the path for final destinations, and to show emotions after logical decisions. That was what I had come out with, after a long thought.

My heart beats. What is beneath logical decisions is all in the mind. Emotions have to be kept aside, because the person we had known is in “past tense”, and we should not bring emotions from the past into the present, as simple as that. In due time, when someone had failed us, we can control our emotions and not like that person anymore. Because previous knowledge of that person had failed until he can prove otherwise. Emotions towards that person can then again, change.

Selfish as you may call it, but it is a tool to save ourselves from the agony or hangover of a broken relationship/friendship. This theory does not only apply to relationship/friendship, but also to everyday life. Didn’t we weight the consequences of others’ feeling when we have to implement a new policy or decision?? Isn’t it better to cast emotions aside and decide based logical thinking??

What do you think??

I agree and disagree. If we can separate emotions from thoughts, are we still human being?? Computers work on the basis of logical and systemic binary codes, and that had made them difference from living human. However, emotions strain one’s mind, and many a time, create conflicting decisions.

For instance if you are in a casino and gambling on black jack, emotions might tell you that you have the feeling of winning the game, but logical thinking tells you that the chance of getting a black jack is less than 3%. Will you still go forward to play the game?? Your decision might tell you if you are ruling with your head or your heart.

My heart sank. If I were to rule my life based on logical thinking and decisions, I would dilute a true relationship/friendship, because my heart would be able to heal more quickly than time would have demanded, if someone ever failed me. Am I contradicting myself??

In my opinion, it is of paramount importance that we should learn to control our emotions, yet emotions and logical thinking have to work in harness to rule life. And to me, that is the game of life.