Humans on this planet are different from animals. We have much stronger emotions. In which sense our lives are better or worse? Yes we have happiness that can lift us to the stars…but there is sadness that can push us deep into tomb…
Probably there is Universe law according which intelligence goes always together with emotions. Our emotions create ethics of the way how we should use the intelligence. Imagine pure intelligence without emotions…it would be a cruel pure logic of numbers and equations. In a lack of emotions we have exactly this impression although the reality is not so bad. On the other side strong unmanageable emotions would lead our life to disaster.
The answer is in the balance…having emotions but under strong control of the intelligence. This is something in which the western civilization is improving so far. I can feel… I can be hurt… but I AM IN CONTROL. To accomplish this one must experience a lot of happiness and lot of pain in order to grow up and to learn to take control. One of the biggest satisfactions for us as human beings is when you feel strong negative emotion to say to yourself ‘I m in control, I will try to get the maximum possible positive outcome of this situation ’ and to succeed in that. Try it.
Emotional intelligence is the inevitable next step in human evolution….
