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Why Can’t We Always Have Positivity in Life?
Because change is inevitable — and positivity coexists with negativity.
We live in a world of opposites and extremes. But the important thing about this is that we exist within the opposites and extremes.
Very few people exist at any given extreme. Near, perhaps — but seldom at. This is why comparing extremes and opposites via a coin misunderstands the breadth and depth of this reality. It’s not a coin, it’s a cylinder with vast space between the given extremes.
Take black and white, for example. There are how many colors and shades of grey between these extremes? More than I can express easily, that’s for sure.
This is true of all extremes and opposites. What exists between them is incredible variations that sometimes can’t be parsed easily.
Directions like north, south, east, and west exist on a 360-degree compass. You can be off true to any extreme by a degree, half a degree, maybe even a millionth of a degree. But you are still not at the given extreme.
What’s more, the cylinders between any extremes are not solid, but flexible. And they can shift because the extremes themselves can shift.
