Polarity- A Paradox

What is joy without sorrow, what is pleasure without pain ? Is there not but a thin line between love and hate ? What is a dawn without a dusk, what is a sunrise without a sunset? Is there ever a day without a night close at its heels ? Does not a bleak winter,turn into a bright spring, is it not darkness that gives birth to light, and is it not a broken heart, that heals .

What goes up, must come down, for is that not the simple law of gravity? How do we grow old, without ever being young,, and what is an end, without first a beginning ? From where comes hope if not from despair and from where arises wisdom, if not from foolish errors, and is it not from destruction that creation emerges? How do we recognise good, if we have never seen the face of evil, for even the demons are but fallen angels, and there would be no need for Salvation, if there never was sin .

How do we know the sounds of melody, if we have never heard cacophony, how could we love harmony, without having known disharmony ? What is the meaning of peace, if there never was war, what is the celebration of freedom if we have never known captivity, and what is stillness, if there never was turmoil ? How can we be sated, without ever knowing hunger, how can we be filled , without first emptying ourselves, and do we not say ‘enough’ , only when we have known excesses ?

Does not laughter lose its flavour, if not washed by tears, does not glory come after much suffering, and does not greatness stem from failures? Is it not from chaos and confusion, that order appears and what is the thrill in gain, if there never was loss ? Could there ever be a demise if there never was a life, and how can there be a rebirth, without dying first ? And finally, there could never be any mystery to unfold , if we had all the answers .