As a rule, I’m a person who hates all generalizations. But one thing I will never deny is that every single person in this world has, at least once, come across a point in his/her life when he wondered if the step he was going to take next is the right thing to do. The turmoil in his thoughts at that moment is NOT a debate between good and evil; not even of right or wrong. As confusing as that statement may be, the actual question is what defines an act, a thought, to be right. Completely contrasting considerations could be evaluated to be simultaneously right. And there is no defined process to make the decision making process any easier.
At times it is about debating whether to follow the heart or the head, both being logically adept in their own rights. For a decision pertaining to the self can any man (or woman) think in such a way as to ignore one over the other? While the latter may provide a more factual and aloof assessment, the other is emotional and subjective. Rarely do we see an occasion where the duo combines to give the most reasonable choice. A decision that effectively combines both in the perfect proportion would be the ultimate one. Sadly enough, that perfect combination is highly improbable and maybe even completely hypothetical. An emotional detachment can never be achieved in any of our actions. This would require an amnesic erasure of our thoughts, memories and feelings. In effect it is a wish to deny ourselves what we claim/know makes us, who we are.
A utopian world would be based on the fictional Vulcans, where decisions are analyzed, dissected and made free of errors. Nevertheless, emotional as mankind has always been seen to be, we tend to swerve towards what the heart has to say than the other way round. When we follow signs, have faith or resign decisions to destiny, in effect we are moving into the realm of the heart. A state where right or wrong is decided by the amount of emotional satisfaction you receive. The irony here, being the fact that any sort of comfort that the considered choice may give us is purely dynamic and the same goes for the decision taken. It is based on erratic standards which by themselves are defined by even more fickle variables. And in all we have a perfect recipe for maximum turmoil.
More often than not, there is no right or wrong. The logical choice is what is analytically absolute while the emotional one is satisfyingly complete. Sometimes the head says it just is good to go with the flow. But when there was something you wanted with all your heart, have you ever been able to truly let go.. J
2 comments:
A good use of your comp off!
:) Good question!
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