Balance

I've come to believe in balance. That is, two opposing forces will eventually appear in equal, or almost-equal, proportions. For instance, light and dark will come to match each other. Good and bad will indulge themselves in equal amounts. Happiness and unhappiness will strike with equal force. etc., etc. You get the point.

Why is this so? Well, experience told me so, that's why. Lately, I've been particularly aware of how balanced my life is. A good day will certainly (and often quickly) be returned by an equally bad day. A successful week will be countered by an unproductive week. Even a day that starts out good can end up bad. And all this vice versa, of course. It would appear that our universe - like Noah's animals and Adam and Eve - likes to come in pairs.



Yin and Yang: How could I not mention this, when it is so appropriate? The idea of Yin and Yang is the philosophy that opposing, complementary forces are naturally connected and give rise to each other. In other words, a good day begets a bad day, and a bad day begets a good day - a never-ending cycle of good and bad, how quaint. But more accurately, it would be like having a half-good, half-bad day. Two equal parts in one whole. In order for one to rise, the other must too rise. One's disappearance is the other's disappearance as well. These two are taking the "All for one, and one for all" ideal pretty seriously.

Wiki's thoughts on the matter: "Yin and yang are complementary opposites within a greater whole. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, which constantly interact, never existing in absolute stasis."

Never in absolute stasis, you say? It would seem that I have no hope for eternal peace then. Ahh, darnit.

-ThienAn