The Three Branches of Government

The division of government, or rather the provision for checks and balances IN government, is integral to a free and fairly run democracy. Our founding fathers were well aware of the need to separate governing powers so as to prevent any form of tyrannical mishap. But the fastidious student will realize that not only does the separation of powers create a political environment in which no single entity has superflous control over its constituency, but it provides a systemic mechanism in which good ideas are passed around and tweaked by one branch of government to the other, while bad ideas are given stiff halts and dropped cold turkey.

In my own scholarly quests, I have realized that the three branches of government not only applies to democratic government but is a viable means of arriving at and deciding upon one of life's greatest decisions: who to date and mate. You see, each human being is endowed with their own three branches of government, each of which must agree upon whom we are to wed and bed.

Our brain serves as the Legislative Branch, and just like Congress, it makes decisions, sometimes logically, sometimes illogically. Our brain must decide if the person we like stacks up in our favor. Do we have fun together? Do we miss each other when separated? Do we share common interests and goals? Does he/she smell nice? ect, ect. These are questions our brain asks us to decide if a person is the right fit for us.

Then there's the Judicial Branch; this is our heart. Just as the judicial branch interprets what is right and what is wrong, our heart tells us whether our brain's logic is right or wrong. There's a feeling we get when someone is different and special to us. Once our brain has concluded that a person is the right fit for us, we must feel, in our heart, that we love him/her.

And finally, we have the Executive Branch; that singular branch that seems to be acquiring greater power with each successive executive. The Executive Branch is ultimately the one that calls the shots. Yes, it is ultimatly the "drive" (you know what I'm talking about) that decides if we want to be with a person or not. My mother aptly describes this as "burning loins." Those loins just have to burn for us to really want to willingly surrender our life over to someone.

Just as the three branches of government must arrive at the same conclusions for U.S. law to be written and passed, so it is for us to pass someone off as suitable. It is imperative that all three "branches" agree with one another. Sometimes it seems logical that we should be with someone but we don't feel that it's "right." Sometimes we feel that we love someone but it is completely illogical to be with that person. And sometimes, just sometimes, people only listen to the executive branch with a "wham, bam, thank-you-ma'am" attitude and end up screwing themselves over! In order for a relationship to really work, all three branches-the brain, the heart, and the love-makers have to line up.

Sometimes (or most the time) when I tell people this they laugh; and rightly so - I'm hilarious. But there's some serious truth to it, if only you put your mind, and heart, and junk to it.