irrational emotions

In the midst of summarizing and responding to comments given on a paper we’ve circulated, it occurred to me that oftentimes we get irrational when it comes to people we deeply care about. I’m working on a paper on rural ICT and it baffles me as well why this sudden thought.

I am normally a rational and logical person but sometimes I can’t help but be irrational on certain instances and situations. For the life of me, there are some situations where I just feel bad even when in my mind I know I shouldn’t. I guess it’s because the people we care about also knows which buttons to push. If they didn’t mean a thing to us, we could care less what they do, who they see, where they go.

Incidentally, as I started writing this entry, a friend sent me an instant message that his GF has been upgraded to fiancé status. I am excited for them even if I haven’t really met the GF-turned-fiancé. From the looks on my friend’s face, she seems good for him. I wish them the best and pray that they would have the strength to keep making their relationship better.

A friend of mine once said that the person we are with should bring out the best in us… apparently, the caveat is that they could also bring out the worst in us… Let’s just hope that love will see us through…