What is it really that constitute a man?

By Simpiwe Kanityi There are three things that constitute a man, body (the outer shell), soul and the spirit (the inner most part). These three factors combined together make a human being. The function of the body is to protect the soul and the spirit. The soul is works with the heart and it is the cause for us to have feelings, passionate, love, peace, strength etc, this reminds me of a song "it is well with my soul". So the soul gives strength to the body to cope with all of its functions that is why you find people saying "I'm feeling so tired/exhausted today", the soul does not provide the body with enough strength. Then, the spirit is the core part of man, let me say this "without the spirit, soul and body can not function". The spirit is what giving life to both soul and body, this means that body alone can not function as well as the soul including the spirit because in order for the spirit to function it needs to be in something. so all these things makes up a man. Sometimes you will hear about a certain accident happened somewhere and that some one passed away. The reason for people to say that some one passed away is simply because the body is damaged and the souls can not give strength to damaged body, therefore, the spirit that gives life decided to leave the body because for the spirit can not operate when the body is not functioning. So, what I'm trying to say here is that you are living because there is a spirit within you. Also there are various kinds of spirits that might be driving man, evil spirits, The Holy Spirit etc. So in order for you to know what kind of spirit do you possess you need to look for various factors such as behaviour, your deeds, the way you talk, places you visit, people you hang around with and your interests. So, this means that having body, soul and spirit is not enough you need to level them up with actions in order to be considered a human being ( a man). Since there are those kinds of spirits that a man can possess, it is possible that we can not get one kind of man but many. You would hear some people saying that "Yeses! that's not a man...I thought he was a man but a dog", yes this is what people say sometimes. This means that you have to behave in a certain way to be considered a human being or a man. For you young person, looking at what is happening in your whole life, do you still consider yourself a human being. What kind of spirit is living within you. Good spirit makes you to love all people, respect yourself and others, think positive always, do what is good all the times, have compassion for others, mix with good people, go to right places at a right time and to says right things at a right time. What constitute a real man for you? To be a real man means to do good even if you are alone, not to please other people but do it because is the right thing to do. We are not dogs but people. I know people gave you some names because of the things you have done, and you agreed that you can not be the right person in your life. Today I just want to stimulate your spirit, no man can tell you what you are suppose to be in life, the spirit living within you determines who you are. You are not a failure in life! Being alive today while possessing bad spirit is not a guarantee that "usis'khokho", a strong sense of belief does not make you right in whatever you believing in nor a right man neither. The spirit that does not make you to produce good fruits id DEAD! You can also visit this site by (young people like you) future journalist at http://zajournalist.blogspot.com/