Duality.

The duality of man. It's something to think about, and something to fear. Out innate ability to love and hate simultaneously is unique to humanity. Our greatest evolutionary flaw. It allows us to help, encourage and build up our peers, and then turn around to tear them down. Insult them. Kill them. It lets us steal, murder and destroy. Give, nurture, and create.

What causes this duality? Where in our history did we go wrong? From a biblical standpoint, we have been wrong from very near the beginning. Created, by God, in his image to be a perfect and holy vessel of praise, we were corrupted by curiosity. The desire for knowledge. Wanting to understand good and evil. Duality. Wanting to become gods in our own right. And from that moment, we have been tainted.

From an atheistic mindset, the root cause is depressing on an entirely different level. It wasn't choice. Nothing we could have said or done would have prevented it. It was an evolutionary changed, one needed to elevate us to the top of the food chain. Another cog in the gears of chance.

Regardless of the doctrine to which you subscribe, our duality is something we cannot ignore. Our actions, our thoughts, even our dreams mold us. Affect us. Inspire. Condemn. Motivate us to strive to new heights. And with that, we have the choice to love or to hate. Our duality defines our legacy.