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When we are in a dark
room, we quickly realize
it is easier to see with
the light on. If
we've ever been
imprisoned, oppressed,
in bondage to anyone or
anything, we develop a
yearning desire for
freedom. We learn
to appreciate good
health when we are sick.
We respect wealth when
we are in poverty.
It seems quite natural
to define one condition
by what appears to be
its opposite.
Freedom and
oppression,
illness and good health,
poverty and wealth,
happiness and sorrow,
peace and confusion,
faith and
fear,
strength and weakness,
male and female -- these
are not opposing
powers. they are
the results of how the
one power of life is
used. The
ancestors knew that
everything comes from
one source.
They knew this source
had the only power and
everything else was a
minor challenge.
When we stay centered on
the source, the power,
we see that there is no
opposites.
Only light coming out of
darkness to help us see
where we want to go.
- Iyanla Vanzant |
