If it’s between instinct and logic and I cannot make the two agree and must choose, I usually follow instinct. Logic is powerful but fragile — one wrong premise and you go off on this irrefutable-but-wrong chain of action. Instinct is based on something the unconscious mind knows, and chances are it’s pretty firmly placed.

Frank and I seem to operate from the same basis. When it comes to tension between logic and instinct, I choose the latter. When instinct does not prevail then I wait knowing that everything changes and hoping that the next change may present a better opportunity for moving forward. However, there are times when I feel immobilized and I’m aware that I need to take just one small step to get moving again.

In small groups populated by mature people, who are dedicated to problem solving and to agreeing to disagree without becoming disagreeable, I feel comfortable. However, it’s my experience that when groups grow larger, dominant personalities “take the lead”, lines are drawn in the sand and, soon there will be a tendency for folks to begin manifesting the behavior Richard points to. Consequently, I avoid large group situations.

So many of the problems we face in the world today require global cooperation and it’s discouraging that we don’t really see much harmonization.