Have you ever felt so emotional and passionate about something that you felt like your passion would overwhelm you? We often find ourselves fighting and repressing our passions; however, the longer we fight them, the stronger they become. We constantly try to destroy our passions because we believe they are wrong, but we cannot destroy them. Therefore, we must learn to control and regulate our passions so that they do not control and consume us. I acted on my passions several times throughout my youth. Sometimes it paid off to act on my passions and other times it didn't. Every year, month, day, hour and second I have to decide whether or not I want to act on the passions burning in my body. My passion is a part of my being as much as it is a part of your being and Frederick Nietzsche in his argument "Morality as Anti-Nature" shows this concept beautifully. He believes that our passions make up who we are and are a sign of how deeply we feel our emotions. He believes that “we are never satisfied simply with stating the fact that we feel this way” (723). As humans we feel we need to express the degree to which we feel our emotions/passions through our words, expressions and movements. However, our passions can also cause us to fall “under the weight of stupidity” (Nietzsche 717) and they must be carefully balanced to prevent them from controlling us. Morality and religion have been the answer to controlling our passions for centuries, yet Nietzsche believes that morality and religion are like unadmired “dentists” who “pull out” teeth so that they no longer hurt” (717 ). Nietzsche is saying that morality and religion destroy passion and tear it away from a person so that it does not consume him. Ni......middle of paper......control my passions. Passion can be used as a path to destruction or a path to life. When unregulated, he has a tendency to destroy everything around him in the need to get what he wants. Acting on our desires can increase or decrease as we age depending on how we limit our passions. However, if we are moral or religious, the established guidelines can be used as guidelines and regulations on our passions. They inform us when it is correct to be passionate about something, and they tell us when we need to let go of something about our passions for our own good and that of others. Ultimately our passion doesn't rule us unless we let it. Works Cited The Holy Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2005. Print. Nietzsche, Frederick. "Morality as anti-nature". A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. 8 ED 713-727.Benford/St. Martin's,2010.Print