MANY PERSONS IN ONE

October 16, 2015

Humans are the most complicated of all GOD’s creatures.  While other animals and plants, and even bacteria, are simply doing whatever it is that they have been designed for, we humans never seem to just settle for one interest or occupation.  Maybe because we have a deeper awareness of our kindred relationship with other people that either we are put into the position or respond in a way that defines us as friend, parent, child, sibling, neighbour, citizen, subordinate or leader.

Somebody said that people will always have different aspects of personality.  Others who have had more adverse reactions to the hardships in life actually develop different personalities.  Whatever the condition, psychiatrists and even modern Christian ministers and scholars argue that having different aspects of personality or worse, multiple personalities, is not necessarily a bad or evil thing.  They say these situations were created as a means for survival, both emotional and mental.  What makes it bad is when the person acts in ways that harms others or harms himself/herself.  They say that the best solution is for the person to accept who he/she really is, come to terms with whatever the hurts, faults and weaknesses there are, and try to look forward to a better future by improving and overcoming those faults and weaknesses.

For my part, I can say that it is not too bad if a person keeps some of his/her life separate or hidden from the public eye.  Even the Proverbs say that it is not good for a person to always reveal or talk about himself/herself to others because it might be his/her downfall.  Many relationship experts advise that there should be a balance between what a person gives to others in fulfilment of the duties and responsibilities imposed upon him/her by society, and what that person must do for himself/herself in order to protect what he/she considers the most important things in his/her life.

Yes, we could work diligently to earn a living and contribute sufficient value to the economy.  We could be responsible citizens and be a good example to our families and society.  We could be faithful in our relationships in order to bring out the best in us and in others.  But these do not discount the fact that we must also cultivate our own talents and interests in order to fulfil our dreams and actualize all the best that we can be.  For others a lifetime may not be enough to do well on all these, but I say that a lifetime is just appropriate for us to spend every minute of everyday being many persons in one.