The Paradox of Being Human
Perhaps the biggest paradox about human beings is that we can demonstrate at times such beauty, kindness toward others and incredible empathy and sense of spirit; while at other tines demonstrate hatred, cruelty towards others and utter selfishness and sense of destruction. How can beings display such a paradox? I have no answer that makes any sense. Do any if you?
Certified Professional Coach - Teacher of English
9 年It makes perfect sense to me. We are the Animal Human. Evolution has not removed all our animal instincts. We need them to protect ourselves and others. Some are more animalistic than others and rely on the animal more than reason. Some only let the animal loose when there is no other option. From my rules of life, rule 7. Don’t forget you are the animal human One of the things I say to people is we sometimes get in to trouble because we forget we are animals. We are the animal human. Like all other animals we have instincts and we humans can get in to some serious problems when we don’t use those instincts as well as our brains. I am a proponent of, “Feeling your way through”. I mentioned feeling your way through in rule 3. Feeling your way through depends as much on instinct as it does on what your brain is processing.