How Human Nature and Behavior Impact Character
Human Nature Lives Behind the Masks
We Yearn for the Taste of Sweets
Human Nature and Behavior - A Poem
"Out of Character"
Reaching in the cookie jar
My second chocolate chip
The most expensive glass of wine
Savoring the sip
Imagining, I take a risk
These thoughts are unlike me
Stepping out of my small box
Inhibited yet free
Longing for forbidden fruit
The taste upon my tongue
Temptation calls my name aloud
A tune I leave unsung
Desire grows within my soul
For what is it I seek
Stepping into realms unknown
My character is weak
I venture out beyond my skin
My guard begins to drop
Slowly, slowly, slowly now
My conscience pleads me stop
Who is this inside my house
The reigns I place on thee
Completely out of character
She looks somewhat like me
In the flesh a human lives
Yearnings go untapped
Wants and needs so limitless
Scream to be unwrapped
Unfamiliar landscapes peak
From the inside out
Conflicting with the character
No one knows about
We hide between those characters
Two and sometimes three
Masked and hidden from ourselves
Wanting just to be
(JLE)
We Crave the Forbidden Fruit
What Makes Up a Person's Character?
- an aggregate of properties and qualities that distinguish one person or thing from another; a trait; good qualities (The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary, 1995)
- nature, disposition, temperament, personality (The New American Roget's College Thesaurus, 1985)
The True Self is Hidden Behind the Mask
We Fantasize Out of Character in Our Dreams
Totally Out of Character . . . Or Not?
Which of these statements about character comes closest to who you are?
© 2014 Janis Leslie Evans
