humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
A Smooth Transition
Since my first hit of LSD in 1992 it has been my belief that every man and woman on this earth has more than a handful of what I call sub-personalities. There's a theory out there that basically says that we all have a handful of distinguishably different personalities inside us that pop out here and there that are all conscious of each other. This supports a pretty vague overview of how I really think it works and could quite possibly be the wrong way to look at it all together. I believe that for the most part, we all have two versions of one personality and these two different types of personalities have sub-personalities, which can be temporarily be amplified or reduced in less than a nanosecond. Much like an equalizer on a stereo works, this hypothetical mechanism, which I'm guessing works in conjunction with your hormones, can with lightning fast reflex, adjust your personality to best suit the situation according to your mind set. I say this because if your mindset is an aggressive one or a passive one then it’s always going to have that undertone… hence the two personalities in the sense that the adjustments made to fit the situation at hand will be swayed by either the aggressive you or the passive you.
By Jason Carson7 years ago in Humans
The Guilt Trip
Guilt is an emotion that all of us have felt. It's an emotion that has been used to drive us to correct our behaviors. If you do not make amends for your mistake, then it will always eat at you. It is easy to dismiss small things; brush them off, because everyone does it from time to time. Or maybe you decided that shoving it down, and never talking about it again was best (Spoiler: it really isn’t). Pushing your guilt down will only work for so long, and eventually, you will have deal with it.
By Melissa Yinger7 years ago in Humans
We Don't Mean It but We're All Big Jerks
Not all of us can be saints. In fact, I think we're all jerks and we don't even realize how bad we are until we sit back and reflect on ourselves. We'll notice that we display an alarming amount of ill-mannered behaviour towards our fellow citizens.
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Humans
Accepting Myself as Mixed Blood
As a woman with skin that is too weird to be white, but too pale to be considered truly Native American, I’ve faced a lot of pressure from my people and from white people to basically “pick a side.” To change myself in a way that will make it clearer what I am, make it easier to be put into a category. To be quantified and found wanting, like blood is used by the USA government.
By Jessica Riffle7 years ago in Humans
Me and Black Sambo
My first grade teacher was beautiful and looked a lot like a younger version of the movie star Sofia Loren. Fresh out of the Peace Corps, she, like so many others of her generation, was out to save the world and definitely made a difference. I can still picture her in her tight pencil skirt and beautiful black hair like my mama’s.
By PAT CHANEY7 years ago in Humans
The Illusion of Our Separateness
It’s hard to be a human. It really is. It’s easy to be a homo sapien, but it’s hard to be a human. Being a human requires so much more than—sadly—we are often able to give. Being human requires remembering our birth. We probably can’t claim to remember our actual birth... a crying little baby coming into the air of this world and out of the warm womb of our mother longing to be held next to the warmth of the same body in which our human form was created. We can take a moment and use our imaginations to remember our birth...
By Billy Potocnik7 years ago in Humans
