Human Nature

There are things that I don't want to do,
then why still I continue to do so?

There are things that I do want to do,
then why still I fail to make time to do so?

There are daily routines that I wish to follow,
then why still every single day I pass is different, without control?

There are pledges that I make to myself,
then why still I make the same pledges again and again?

There is work that I love to do willingly,
then why still I have to do those work that I don't even like, most of the time?

There are words that I want to say,
then why still I can't express them?

There are dreams that I see every now and then,
then why still they seem way far away?

There is sorrow and suffering that I have to face regularly,
then how still I forget about them so easily, as time passes?

There are good habits that I know very well about,
then why still such habits are so hard to gain?

There are bad habits that I know I have,
then why still it is so hard to give them up?

There is this known fact that every action has a reaction,
then why still do we do actions without even thinking about the reactions?

There is this act of lying that we know is very bad,
then why still I lie every now and then, every day?

There are simple morals of life that I am taught in my childhood,
then how still do I simply ignore them after being highly educated?

There is only I who actually know myself,
then why still is it so that I represent myself as someone else in front of others?

Is this human nature?
Or do I force myself into believing this, as human nature?

Assistant Professor,

Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering,

University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205,

Rajshahi, Bangladesh