Neuroscientist, Antonio Damasio once treated a man who was well-married, successful, and a good father — until he developed a brain tumor. Though surgery to remove the tumor was a total success, afterward, the man’s career was marred by a disastrous series of marriages and poor business decisions. His mental ability seemed unimpaired, yet this man couldn’t make good decisions because he no longer cared about the outcome. Somehow, the surgery severed the connection between his emotions and his reason.

Feelings are an indispensable part of our makeup; without them, we have no compass. While love makes other things right, other things never add up to love. Don’t think you can go through life faking what you don’t feel, because love is what fulfills our lives.