The Passionate You and that other person

"It seems impossible that two persons could occupy the same body, at the same moment in time, but I believe they do. This duality existence is as old as our species itself. Two people, one body. Hummm  . . . . . . . Well at least we shall never be alone."

“Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.”

Oscar Wilde

"Do we have two personalities or one vastly complex personality? I believe that we are all two people in many ways. The primary belief being that we all hold a “passionate you” and “that other person”. Let me explain my thoughts here. The “passionate you” is the child who is always either 1) Chasing Pirates or 2) off on another great adventure of some sort and “that other person” is the frowning kid next door who, while shaking their head with arms folded tightly against their chest yells over the fence “when are you going to grow up?” One is being their true passionate self and the other is being behaved, as dictated by parental and societal influences of the current day. One is fueled by personal passion to capture those pesky pirates and the other is fueled by the desire to be just like, to talk just like and behave just like all the other grown up’s.   Pity."                              

"I believe that as one grows older, one’s point of focus changes not their “passionate you”. As I moved from chasing pirates to chasing young, curvaceous maidens my focus did truly change. I was still the same ole trouble I had always been, just refocused. Society and other outside influences mold and shape our viewpoints and narrow our definitions of all things and emotions."

"Dual personalities or dual persons? I believe that we have a complex personality that comes standard with a “personality switch”. In the up position we are sailing the Caribbean with a parrot named Moe on our shoulder, singing along with our first mate, Jimmy Buffet. With the switch in the down position we have adjusted well and our thoughts, words and actions mirror the acceptable norms of the day. If we never get caught with the switch in the wrong position at the right time then we have matured, grown up and possess a well-adjusted personality. Act right at all times and no one knows just how much you like to chase pirates and that occasional young, curvaceous maiden. I always and I do mean always get caught with my switch in the wrong position or maybe I am in the right position and everyone else, all of them shaking their heads and yelling over the fence at me, has their switch in the wrong position, hummmmm, hard to say. "

So, what do you chose my friends? Will you be thyself or whilst thou be what society thinks you should be? As for me you ask? Well, I will give you my heartfelt answer just as soon as I find Moe and my eye-patch.

DA Keene

excerpts from Universe of Two, Book Two, Passion where the hell hath thou been? by DA Keene