Life might be easier if emotions were that simple. :-) I've worked with several people to help them overcome emotional baggage. It is quite challenging. It's tr

Life might be easier if emotions were that simple. :-) I've worked with several people to help them overcome emotional baggage. It is quite challenging. It's true that many emotional differences can be eventually distilled down to a difference in priorities, but helping someone discover the essence of an emotional issue can take years. Even mature people often can't reason their way out of a conflict on their own. When people feel personally threatened, sometimes no amount of simple reasoning will bring them back to rational thinking. Most of the time, the solution is to be a genuine friend--for the long haul.