Do I put far too much stock in my version of reason? I must remember, after all, that reason is not universal. We don’t all consider the same things to be reasonable or unreasonable
People that I view as unreasonable frustrate me like nothing else. I’m filled with frustration and powerlessness . Powerlessness because no matter how many logical, reasonable arguments I present as to why option A is better than B they’ll still go ahead and pick B for (seemingly) unreasonable, unfair, selfish reasons
But at the end of the day, I’m frustrated because I could not use words and reason to convince someone to behave in the way that I wanted, even if what I wanted was good for them and everyone, in my opinion
I think I believe reason to be the ultimate tool in having things done the way I see fit. I view reason as trump in a game of cards
I also depend on reason to keep me safe. But how many times have I seen people take all reasonable precautions and still get hurt in a “random accident” and how many times have I seen some behave in an unsafe, unreasonable manner and not be harmed at all
I’m certainly not prepared to abandon reason. But I don’t think it works or can be applied in the way that I have been trying to do it
There is always a reason
But reason has much more depth to it than I have been using. I think I’ve been looking at superficial things when there is a lot more going on beneath the surface
