Dale,
Your response to Ben on this thread was great food for thought for me.
Being an emotional person myself, often to my own detriment, I thought
back to the foundations or causes of my emotional expressions, or at
least as I understand them. I find that most are grounded in fear of one
kind or another, learned over time until they have become habitual.
This sets up for me a filter which "sees" situations in some pre-existing
light (sometimes a bit dim). Through these shadows, decisions are almost
spontaneous, depending upon the nature of the current circumstances. I
find as you did that such emotional responses are indeed "logical", but
unfortunately only in retrospect. I believe as you that logic and
emotions are both things that can be improved upon which is why I
bothered to respond to your post. It doesn't mean that old habits will
suddenly disappear, but that future filtration can be put to better use
if I link the logic and emotion of a given situation in the past.
--Regards, John Constantine Rainbird Management Consulting http://www.trail.com/~rainbird
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