Enjoy The Contrast
When someone is super-sick, how strong is their desire to get well? Pretty friggin’ strong I’d guess. If you’re just ‘healthy’ or standard or normal or whatever… it’s harder to really hit that new level of ’supreme health.’ I mean you might think, sure that’d be nice, but it’s likely not exactly what you’re focused on. A sick person though, probably has no greater focus than becoming healthy. And a really sick person, might firmly vow to never become that sick again. And so they focus on becoming one of the most fit people around.
Basically, by playing around so extremely with the one polarity, and learning how much they don’t like it, they’re well-equipped and highly focused and very motivated to be the exact opposite. That kind of thing can apply to pretty much anything. A very bitter, negative, hateful person can realize that those things truly are not the way they want to be, and they can change and end up being one of the most helpful joyous people in the world, because they, more than a lot of people, are hyper-aware of how it feels to be negative and positive. Another example: let’s look at someone who is ‘lazy’ and doesn’t do anything with their life. In many cases, eventually, circumstances lead them to realize that it feels much better to do something. And someone who was once extremely lazy can easily end up being one of the most motivated, driven, ambitious people the world has seen, because they distinctly remember how bad it felt to do nothing. Same goes for overweight people. Being fat, can make someone extremely aware of how good it feels to be healthy, fit, and beautiful (which isn’t to say fat people aren’t beautiful,; you know what I mean).
So, what follows from this, is A) it might be worth appreciating people in dark places or who are currently dealing with big ego issues. Because often, they reach a point where they evolve or become a superpowerful force in the other direction. And B) forgive yourself for any vices or issues you’ve ever had, because each of them is an opportunity for you to learn and demonstrate the opposite way of living.
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Written by Arthur
Arthur Hung is a self-proclaimed Simple Man. He's also the co-founder of SpiritSentient, creator and teacher. You can often find him at auditions which lead to commercials, music videos and back-up dancing gigs, as he's been teaching dance for about a year. He's got a passion for life and it shows.
