What are the properties of man?

No this post is not some sorta male bashing. (Though there are quite a few who deserve that right now!) I mean properties of mankind. Remember Science class? Let's see.

• Can think.
• Speaks languages. (Hey maybe animals do too. Lions in the Gir probably speak differently from those in Africa)
• Covers body with man made things. (Not all do that. Hi Janet Jackson, Jessica Simpson)
• Invents machines in order to lessen own workload.
• Wages wars.

But if you were to ask me I would say
Is self-destructive.... Look at everyone. Each of us is bent upon destroying ourselves, maybe physically through cigarettes, drugs, alcohol or an unhealthy lifestyle or by burning ourselves out through overwork, overworrying, trying too hard too please or destroying ourselves emotionally by either being the culprit or the victim, by playing dangerous mind games, by allowing significant others walk all over us or walking all over them ourselves, by being over critical of ourselves and others or by just not caring about ourselves or others. We abuse ourselves. Physically, mentally, psychologically, spiritually.
The means vary. But the result is the same.
We are driving at a 150 miles per hour on a road that ends in a deep ravine towards a sure death.
Each us wants to push our limits. We crave for excitement. To live it up. Dangerously. For some the limits are a mug of beer. For some its tattoos. Women. Men. Success. Money. Fame. Pain.

Every dam thing we do. Every choice we make we are somehow destroying ourselves. Or helping others destroy themselves.

You know what else man is? Man is both ductile and malleable.
Just like metals...
Others have taught us to walk, to talk, to write, to think (not really but kinda), have moulded us, shaped us into being the persons we are. Have you ever played with babies? It's so much fun to bend them in every possible way and see their "I am loving this" smile. But seriously, our parents, teachers, other influences have shaped us. Not one person but many people have made significant contributions to who we are.
And O boy can we withstand pressure???
Every step of our lives we have had problems, hard times, tough situations, struggles, turmoils and we live past it don't we? We have grown because of these. Grown bitter maybe, but it has made a difference.
Do you see where I am going here? And well some of us break once in a while but so do metals!
Each of us has a threshold of pain, of being able to withstand tough times even good times, to withstand bad relationships, betrayal, failure, indifference.

Beyond that we will break