Driving Force

I have often thought of myself as someone who is quite rational. I work as a data architect and software engineer and I have a degree in mechanical engineering. My studies and my job are intensely logical. I have even worked hard to rid myself of unnecessary negative emotions via self-administered rational emotive therapy. However, I now realize that the driving force in my life has always been my emotions. I studied mechanical engineering, software engineering and data architecture because I enjoyed learning these subjects. I enjoy thinking logically. My emotional desire for happiness and fulfillment has led me to eliminate unnecessary negative emotions via rational emotive therapy. Without my emotions driving me, I would not be the person that I am today.

First Post

Although I just had my 40th birthday a couple of months ago, I realize that I am really much older. I used to think of myself as an individual person. Now I realize that I am just a small part of the overall manifestation of the universe. The Big Bang occurred at least 13.5 billion years ago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_universe) and there may have been occurrences before the Big Bang. All of the evolution that the universe has undergone since that momentous occasion has been necessary for me to exist as I do now. Those 13.5+ billion years have all been leading up to the exact moment that I am experiencing right now. I would like to think that a moment that was 13.5+ billion years in the making would be quite profound. Strangely, though, this moment feels rather ordinary.