From Where I Stand
Emotions or Values: What Drives Us?
Emotion driven solutions can be triggered fast in almost all types of settings. Determining how to change the values of a culture takes much longer to put into place.
With the beginning of another four-year term for President Obama, there should be little doubt as to the direction he wants to see our country go. The major question as I look at what is taking place in our state and nation is; “Are we driven by our emotions or values?” That question can be seen in several different parts. Each person makes decisions based on a certain set of beliefs and values. We can be driven by emotions in making decisions. Emotions rise to the surface quickly when we see the results of the attacks on innocent children in a school room. Our first reaction is to ask why something was not done to stop the attack quicker. The second reaction is to develop a plan by which something like that can never happen again. Both of…
