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The Good and Bad

Emmanuel Brown · Wednesday, October 8th 2008 at 9:12PM · 1134 views
Being able to deal with the bad along with the good is something that is necessary for us to live a productive life. However, we sometimes push the bad out of sight so that it is out of mind.

Pushing negative aspects of life out of sight and out of mind does not make the negative disappear, it just means that it becomes dormant and we will eventually face something that has grown powerful from being unchecked for so long.

Face the negative with the same effort, if not more, as you face the positive. Always remember that there are two sides to every coin, and just because only see one side doesn't mean that the other side doesn't exist.

Make the most of the good and bad in life,

SG


"Beware of the fury of the patient man."

-- John Dryden

Our minds perceive and give relative value - positive and negative - to the different sides of a duality. We usually shun the negative.

It’s important to know that you cannot eliminate the negative by focusing exclusively on the positive. Energetically, both opposites must remain in balance. Increase one and its opposite will also increase. Try to be only positive and the negative within you will raise its ugly head.

We work with dualities by remembering that each is part of the whole. We must acknowledge and accept all aspects of life, because they all exist within us. And so, if we seek to be honest, we do so by acknowledging our potential to be dishonest. We can also bring in love and compassion when we catch ourselves acting out the negative.

Power arises out of integrating the positive and negatives within us. From the tension that exists between the two, we develop awareness and become more conscious and compassionate.

"Any fool can run towards the light. It takes a master with courage to turn and face the darkness and shine his own light there."

-- Leslie Fieger - author of the Delfin Knowledge System


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Emmanuel Brown North Chicago, IL

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Comments (6)

This is Bren Wednesday, October 8th 2008 at 10:54PM

Well said my brother! We must approach life with balance in our spirit, in hopes of embracing the true essence of we are and who we can become. Discovering what our purpose is during our life’s journey.

Thank you for sharing, caring and inspiring. You are the epitome of SOLUTION to CHANGE.

Emmanuel Brown Wednesday, October 8th 2008 at 11:21PM

We are all solutions, we just have to do our individual parts. Thanks for doing yours.

TaNisha Gray Juisee Da Queen Thursday, October 9th 2008 at 12:14AM

I try to keep in mind that good can't exist without bad and vice versa... Take a deep breath and just do the best I can to work through both.

Things don't just go away because you don't deal with them they fester and the pressure will come out one way or another.

Lesley Knight Thursday, October 9th 2008 at 4:03PM

I deal with negatives like this...
This has not come to stay, but has come to pass.
In the same way that there is a lesson in all scripture, there is a lesson in both the good and the bad. Thank you for this post, it was what I needed today, dealing with some bad stuff. Praying all is well with you!

Emmanuel Brown Saturday, October 11th 2008 at 8:36PM

Juisee Da Queen

Things will not go away, but that does not mean that we can't use them to make us stronger.

Emmanuel Brown Saturday, October 11th 2008 at 8:36PM

Lesley Knight

You're absolutely right, it will all come to pass.

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