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The Tunnel

The tunnel is dark. You know there's no light at the end of the tunnel. And yet you want to go through it. That's how bad emotions can control a person. It is probably a beautiful thing as long as one stays away from the self-destruct button. I hope I haven't pressed one already. "When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion" - Dale Carnegie Most of my decisions have "emotion" as one of the parameters. I don't know if it's a good thing. But the battle of rational and emotional arguments, is totally one sided. The latter always wins. Unless you're Dhoni. If you are, you don't need to worry about all this. Your "gut" knows better. Every time you come up with a set of reasonable points to back a good practical choice, the damn emotion will sway you towards the other. It drives you away from reality. But again, there's no fun in doing something just fo