It’s not Always Logical

I’m a right-brained human in a left-brained world. And I fear I’m part of a dying breed. Or at least of a group of humans whose voices are being overridden by the sounds of digitization.

Why do I think this? Because of logic.

It’s everywhere. We used to ask about the essence of things: what is the essence of the story? What is the essence of the problem? What is the essence of the situation? Now we ask, what’s the bottom line? What is our endpoint? What is the loss vs benefit ratio? Every idea should have a logical path for its formulation, all evidence to proceed must be measurable if you want the idea that you have to be received with any kind of respect.

And I get it to a point. I want very logical strategies to my medical care; my financial portfolio should never wax whimsical.

And yet…how do we measure beauty? Empathy? Hope? Fun? All these unmeasurable phenomena drive our actions, our sense of purpose, the quality of our being.  Often what makes us happy cannot be explained and if you try to fit it into a flow chart it loses its essence, its unspoken magic vaporizing at such an offense.

But as a right-brained human, maybe I don’t have to stand idly by and watch my world completely transfer to all that is measurable and logical. Maybe I and others like me, can start using right-brained language: I am eating this because it tastes good; I’m taking a walk because I want to; I chose this because it made me happy. No terms of logic involved ~ let’s not dwell on whether it’s healthy for me or I needed to get steps in or something is great for re-sale value or whatever. Sure, that can be part of it, but let’s get some balance in there; we right-brained people have a lot to offer, even if it all can’t be measured.