Unemotional

I believe in being unemotional and stoic. I am talking about becoming detached from the emotional side of a human being. If something dramatic happens let the mind become free of emotions so that I can interpret the situation more closely. When I show emotions, it seems to cloud my mind and deprive me of critical thinking. Becoming detached takes a tremendous amount of effort since countless people are the opposite. If someone dies, you do not have to cry in order to express your grief or if something bloodcurdling occurs, do not panic. Emotions are simply just an obstacle that you must get through in order to clear the mind. Love, sadness, and happiness, the main ones, are not always necessary to carry with me. I believe being stoic allows me to understand life well.

When I left most of my friends entering high school I just pretty much left and that was it. I did not cry like the many people who did on promotion day. I contemplated this day would be upsetting for most and countless students would begin to cry. To no surprise, when the day came nearly everyone did. The bell rung one more time for us to hear it and everything was not the usual. Everyone walked slowly almost so that time would stop and the dreaded day would not come. We received our gowns and I rejoiced with my friends. Everyone started taking pictures and slowly people one by one began to cry and show emotions. Sadness and love for others began to emerge from the minds. I did not begin to cry and showed no love. I felt awkward since every one of my friends was crying and I was not. One of my closest friends was crying and when she hugged me, I almost began to cry. It seemed that when she did this I saw through why everyone was emotional. The loss everyone was ensuing but still my thinking made it seem clear. I saw that life has its difficulties. Since I was stoic, I could see that this was just a part of life, that there was no need to become emotional in the first place and it was not like anyone was going to die. The truth was this event was just another part of life and the fact that you can’t keep all your friends forever. Eventually they might not be there and when they are not it will not come to a surprise to me. Maybe if I had become emotional and attached I would not been able to see this aspect of life.

In any instance whether it be an emotional one or a frightening one do not show emotion. Trust me; it sometimes just clouds the mind. The next time you see someone that seems heartless maybe he’s just being like me.