Was reading the news article about the selection of Femina Miss India and was reminded of 'Miss-India-type-answers', wherein all the contestants vouch for making this world a better place--plastic smiles and show of that leg-from- in between-the-slit-gowns intact! Oh! how pretense of the grossest form get applause...
It was close competition between three--Determination, which personifies me and seen me through the most difficult of situations; Wisdom, which enchants me and Logic, that I find irresistible.
I was close to pronouncing the results in favour of the first one when something I read in Eldest, by Christopher Paolini, stopped me.
Determination can move mountains, but it cannot make you realise or assess if your goal is worth fighting for or whether you are worth fighting for that goal.
Wisdom has one handicap...it comes only with the passage of time, unless you have had an eventful young life which has made you rich in experience.
Logic, on the other hand would never fail you, unless ofcourse, driven by your heart, you deliberately shut your eyes to certain facts and inevitable consequences. Pure logic, agreed, can be ruthless and make you insensitive to things, but if used properly, it would never let you down and make you suffer. It is one virtue that is worth aiming for.
What say?
