Emotion vs. Reason

"Emotion is more powerful than reason". So if not emotionally fit, are we to make less reasonable decisions? Negative emotions take over at the moment of maior fragility and whatever resentment existed it can become a serious burden and hurt specially in the context of family. Mothers need more their daughters, fathers more their sons, wives more their husbands and vice-versa. Family gives us our original source of identity. But when unavailable, new roots must be planted and adopted. No matter what our families are like or how difficult they are to get along with, we can almost always find at least one person to love.