The Dance

There are many underlying similarities in the way that different species relate within their own groups. For example, gorillas beating on their chests or pushing down bushes to display dominance could be equated to dogs growling at one another, and marking territory. Of course, humans have all types of displays of superiority over one another, such as athletic competition, social status and economic power.
Basically what I’m saying is that every known life-form, no matter how primal, or unintelligent by human standards is able to recognize the basic rules of their society. Genetically, this means that the ones that didn’t follow the rules were probably bred out due to unsuccessful mating. When it comes to humans, however, instinct doesn’t seem to always lead us to the right choices. This doesn’t really make sense by the very definition of instinct. For this to be the case either actual instinct doesn’t exist or our decision-making process is much more complicated. I vote for the latter, because more than likely we have evolved to be so intelligent that we ignore our instincts. One thing’s for sure, the guys who play by the rules aren’t the ones that get all the women, anyway. I think that a major difference between us and other species is that our intellect has become so dominant that most of us don’t do anything without over thinking it.
Humans are about the only species that are embarrassed about romantic relationships, sex and sexuality. The lust for sexual pleasure is probably one of the strongest instincts that we possess yet we treat it like a sickness. We take all of the things about ourselves that are perfectly natural and put negative connotations on them, closing them off from discussion. This is probably a large part of the reason why humans have so many problems maintaining long and happy romantic relationships. Basically, we know the things that we should say and do for one another and to one another to make each other happy, and yet we are too stubborn oftentimes to do them. I think that this in itself is instinctive, perhaps even a failsafe against spending your whole life with the wrong person. It would explain why we tend to feel completely different about different people. I think that our intelligence has become so much of a part of what makes us—us, that it has become part of the basic human instinct to use it.


The key to a truly full and happy life is to be who you are, and we are instinctive thinkers that don’t always get it right, but as long as we stick around and keep trying, we’ll be alright.
There is a sort of rhythmic struggle between everything in the universe that balances or tends to try to balance one another, but never quite doing it, which is itself the balance.

The universe dances.