Chapter 2
When Opposites Collide
As a young man, I read and learned this verse of scripture: For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. There is conflict built into the very design of the world and the universe of which it is a part. There are abundant contrasts. There is constant competition between opposing forces. There are countermeasures and counterbalances that humans employ. Life is very much about juggling the effects of opposites: light and darkness, health and sickness, joy and sorrow, prosperity and poverty, good and evil. With each of these opposite pairs, we seek to accentuate the one and avoid the other. Would ...
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