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Title: The Power of Emotion
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Running as deep as the soul, emotions are an inseparable part of your being. They form the colours of life. And emotions can lift you up or bring you down. What are these curious things we call emotions? Can we control them? Are emotions the key to a happy life?
Emotions can arise spontaneously from within the privacy of one's own mind and heart, or they can be triggered by the circumstances of life. Emotions are dynamic and easily influence the other powers such as memory, reason and perception. But emotions also play an interactive role with other emotions: fear can displace trust and trust can displace fear; hope may lift sadness; love might reinforce joy.
But emotions are neither reliable as a sole guide in life nor are they dispensable, neither stable nor undesired. Do we honour the emotions and give them pride of place or do we subjugate the emotions and keep them under control? Neither option is satisfactory. What is the specific role of the emotions? How exactly do they fit into the overall scheme of life? Are emotions related to the pursuit of happiness?