Journal #9 - Emotion vs. Rationalization

Once upon a time, there was a magical princess. She was the most beautiful princess in the entire kingdom, and her name reflected her dashing good looks. Her name was Gertrude. One day, Gertrude was faced with a very serious problem. Gertrude had to make a very important decision that would effect the entire kingdom. Gertrude had to decide between a banana smoothie or a strawberry smoothie. She had no idea, and she got very upset. Gertrude's father, King Alexander, did not like seeing his daughter so upset. He decided that he would do everything in his power to make his daughter happy. First, he tried to get her both smoothies, but that did not make her happy. She still went up into the tallest tower of her castle and cried for hours. Then, the king outlawed strawberry smoothies so his daughters choice would be easier to make. She was not happy still, and the crying continued. The Princess was very emotional about the whole ordeal, and she just simply did not know what to do. Then, from the depths of the deepest ocean, a Prince rode into the kingdom on a dolphin. The Prince was know as Ted. He was the smartest, most logical man in the entire kingdom. He came to help the Princess make her decision. The Prince decided that the most logical way to make her decision was to have a survey for the entire kingdom. After the survey, the results were posted on the castle wall for all of the Kingdom to see. It was ruled that exactly half of the Kingdom voted for each of the two choices. Ted was furious. He decided that in the interest of the Princess, he would inflate the results in favor of banana. The decision was made, and Gertrude and Ted lived happily ever after. The couple never had to make a major decision again because Ted used his logic every time, which was much easier than using emotion to make a decision.