Emotions..

We go through our lives everyday . We see people walking , running , bustling through the busy places of the world . We see people getting caught up in the hype or tension that would sooner or later dispel . Dispel back to the originality that was ordinary life . This hype or tension as we call it comes with a certain feeling , an emotion .

What is an emotion ? What defines an emotion ?

An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings , thoughts and behavior . Every person has emotions . A person without emotion would be like a zombie . Oblivious to the surroundings . Having no care of the world that revolves around him .
We show our emotion when we cry , when we feel angry , when we feel happy , when we feel determined . We portray our emotions through our actions . Our facial expressions . Our desires .

It would probably be obvious that emotions play a very important role in our thinking . Our perception of matters . Simply put , emotions affect our conscience . Our conscience determines our actions . Our actions portray our desires . When you are angry , naturally , your impulse would be to despise the person or the subject that made you angry . It takes a great deal of discipline to control your feelings of anger and to think rationally . The same goes when you are happy . When you are happy , nothing can bring you down , no matter how drastic the matter .

Emotions .

Emotions are what makes us human . It shapes us , making us able to decipher the numerous factors in life . Picture a society that is devoid of any emotion . Life is an empty shell but you do not feel the vast emptiness inside you . One merely goes on with life with no feelings . A walking dead man . You can't feel sad , you can't feel anger , you can't feel happy , you can't feel the rush of adrenaline that's going through your very veins . You are , so to speak , dead . You neither care nor ignore the void . You just go on with life as though it is as common as breathing .

A good example would be the Clerics in the movie " Equilibrium " . A must watch for everyone who enjoys fighting and likes Matrix . The Clerics have no emotion when they fight . They regularly take drugs to suppress their emotion and in the end one of them finally feels his emotions . He feels pain , he feels sadness , he griefs , he is happy , he is angry . He is not an empty shell . What i want to imply is that , would life be nicer with emotions or without it ?

Of course , everyone wants emotions . Would the world be in a better position as it is without emotions ? Without emotions , there is no war . without emotions , there is no happiness . Would the price of no war be enough for relinquishing our grip on happiness ? I highly doubt it , but what do you think ?

Personally , for me , i have emotions . Of course i do . The only thing is , i'm hardly able to express the emotions in real life , preferring instead to write it down and later surrender it to the perusal of others . When it comes to death , people cry . They look sad . For me , a funeral is just a normal thing to me . I do not cry when a sad thing happens . I merely blink the tears away and assume a calm front . Why ? i do not have the slightest idea myself .

Emotions are a part of us humans . Controlling these emotions , however , is not part of a normal human .

CCW