On Rationality

To be rational is perhaps the most meaningful of human traits, and conversely, irrationality, the most abhorrent. A rational man has intelligence based on their ability to understand. This, however, does not mean that the intelligent man is rational. The intelligent yet irrational man fails to grasp concepts that are tangental to the present, making them react in a myopic and self-absorbed nature. The rational man perceives, analyzes, and responds bearing all facets of the present in mind. He knows his faults and limitations using them as agents of change where the irrational man will only place blame, never admitting a shortcoming. It would be prudent though to not confuse rationality for weakness or lack of ambition. Compassion, compromise, and understanding in the long term are far stronger than the short term gains of selfish and deceitful acts. A man should strive to be rational. If he does not, he shall indeed be doomed to lonely life of self comfort.