Love may do much, but friendship shall do wonders; friendship, the nobler passion of the mind, born with the soul, must still with that survive, when love, the silly baby of the fancy, can be no more. At school, friendship is a passion. It entrances the being; it heals the soul.  However, in our computer-oriented, information-valuing society, emotions and emotional people are often ridiculed. It is usually not a compliment when you are described as someone who is emotional.  Being human (and not humanoid), we are all emotional, though we may deny it. We all have emotional responses to events and people and potentials for far more feeling than we often express. People who tell others not to be so emotional are usually intellectually aware of this fact, but what they are probably really trying to say is do not let your emotions get the best of you, you do not want to be a slave to your feelings. However, human beings are not mechanical or machinelike.  Nonetheless, white collar workers, people who perform professional, managerial, or administrative work, spend 28 percent of their workweek checking emails, up to 74 times a day, even when they are eating dinner or in bed. White-collar workers–well, most of them were possessed by electronic messages a stunning 13.5 hours a day, well into the evening.  There is no particular virtue in being humanoid, unless you are a robot, which most of us are trained to become. When you do things you like, it boosts your energy levels, and makes you feel rested. No one is meant to just work and never have fun. The idea behind giving people a break is to let them relax and let them rest. Then they can come back to work with a fresh spirit. Individuals have a full range of emotional responses, and if we are honest, most of us would admit that we would prefer a bit more feeling in the people around us.

 However, some cultures, like Native Americans and journalists place high value on lack of emotional responses among their men or employees (male and female). The idea is prizing the stoic face of the brave, who could face danger without showing fear, or who could stand intense pain without showing any response. Although emotions are a natural part of the human experience, they do not want you expressing emotions because it may make you seem weak or may allow people to label your emotional responses as right, wrong, good, bad, normal and abnormal.  The philosophy is that the members of your culture devalue emotional involvement and emotional expression, as it urges detachment and evenness of attitude. This will likely make it harder for people to read or judge you and you are less likely to be physically, mentally or verbally attacked. Productive people show only certain emotions and only at appropriate times and in the culturally prescribed ways. However, sick people, that is, those who are not acceptable, who do not conform, who puzzle or displease us—display all the sick emotions. A person may be told that nice people do not ever show anger, at least not very dramatically. It is not even okay to express emotions of your face, unless it is a smile, at the right time that way you never let anyone get the best of you or predict your responses. Civilized people do not let their emotions get the best of them or make a fool of themselves. Experts suggest that it is best to suppress your emotions and outwardly appear formal, academic, or aloof in one’s relations with others. Some also suggest not to let too many people get too close to you, emotionally. However, the warning is while you will be more protected, it could lead to a lonely life and you probably will not have too many close, rewarding relationships. Nonetheless, quality is better than quantity. This day in age, so many people are out to get others and hustle you and steal information. Remember, you are always being judged and labeled, accepted or rejected, repressed or acted out. There are a thousand familiar disputes, which reason never can decide.