The problem is that all the logic in the world can't account for those things that are unforeseen. I can be both logical and rational but I will never know what the next 30 seconds of my life will hold.
Like when you have no idea that you're going to sneeze and the next thing you know - HAH-CHOO!! (Only on a much larger scale). The logical sequence that was interrupted by the sneeze might have gone like this:
Open the cabinet.
Grab my toothbrush.
Turn on the water.
Get the toothbrush wet.
Put toothpaste on th- HAH-CHOO!!!
. . .
Thus the logical and orderly routine of brushing my teeth is interrupted. Now I have to put down the toothpaste. Put down the toothbrush. Grab a kleenex. Blow my nose. Pick up the toothpaste, etc.
I didn't plan on the sneeze. There was nothing illogical or irrational about the order or method that I was using to brush my teeth . . . and hah-choo - my life got interrupted.
This is not to suggest that my life would be better were I to throw my hands up in a fit of 'fuck-its' and never brush my teeth again. I guess I used this example to illustrate (mainly for myself) that logic isn't neccessarily the answer to living life the way I want to live it.
I have been relying heavily on reason, and to little avail because (as I've said before) the future is made up of entirely unforeseen events. (Not to mention all that stuff I wrote about flawed logic recently). That's it. I'm done thinking about my thinking for now.
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