Decisions, Decisions

From Le Veritable Tarot de Marseille, the Lovers; from the Greek Alphabet Runes, Rho:

          Bursten writes that some parts of human nature just won't succumb to force or rationality. In this illustration, the older woman with the laurel crown represents Virtue and the woman with the flowers in her hair symbolizes Sensual Desires. Whoever the man is looking at when Cupid lets loose his arrow will be his choice, and at the moment that would be Virtue. Emotions tend to short-circuit our ability to think logically; some salesmen are adept at getting potential buyers overly excited and enthused for this reason. But the good news is that emotions don't last forever, and eventually the rational side of the brain will awaken. This is where the Greek letter Rho comes in, a symbol used to denote a former Rhodes Scholar. If we can learn, as Margaret Mead put it, "how to think not what to think," it's likely we won't be so completely caught off guard when emotional decisions arise.