Dan Brown wrote a book called Angels and Demons. It shows the contrast of good and evil in a variety of settings, but it is about humans, not beings from another dimension. I only bring that book up to show that people put life matters in diametrically opposed positions often. I, too, am guilty of seeing life as a dichotomy.
It is not. There are so many facets to life. It is more analogous to a diamond which has much to admire in it, flaws too, but so much beauty. We have many activities, those we care for have many activities, those we see very little have many activities. Life is multi-faceted, multi-dimensional. But, that makes it enjoyable. If it is a diamond, we get to see the red spots, the yellow, the blue. We get to see the lines, and the flaws. We get to see the clarity and the spots of cloud. We get to feel its hardness and strength, but also get to admire the polished, lovely sparkle.
Diamonds are a whole more like life than Dan Brown's book. Even though there are contrasts of good and evil in life, it is all the other shades and sparkles that make it worth living. Loving life is a many splendored thing.
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