Choice

Does the Fire represent light & soothing warmth or ferocious heat? Isn't Water, the liquid of life, capable of choking life too? Is Nature always a cradle of life ?
I believe that nothing can be classified as either being absolute good or bad with 'good' read as the desirable outcome and 'bad' as the non desirable consequence. I feel that everything around us, objects, living being, material,spiritual, action, inaction,event has both sides. Sometimes in an balance and sometimes not but both the elements are always present. Further the definition of desirable / undesirable itself changes with perspectives (like in a stock market someone's loss is someone's profit). I personally believe that nothing in itself is good or bad but only the perspective makes it look like so. However for this discussion I confine myself to the widely accepted beliefs.

In our day to day life I witness several examples that make me draw the above mentioned inference. Forget material gains but even the most wonderful things in life like music, peace or love come along with some dependency or the anxiety of losing them someday. Similarly though we suffer in a tough situation but it leaves us stronger and teaches us also. Think about it.

I get convinced more day by day that every choice I make in life, be it subconscious like starting to walk with left or right foot or critical as choosing a life partner, will have its desirable and non desirable side. If at any point I see only the rosy path then it only means that the challenge is hidden beneath the layers of time. By now if you think that I am being pessimist then please continue to read on as I get to the exact point I am trying to make which happens to be very simple and have been told to us by great religions for thousands of years.

Tough times & good times will always continue to come by our way. While we all make the efforts to shun away one and embrace the other but we should not forget that each has its importance and to a good extent it is only our way of looking at it which makes it look good or bad. Where we should really put our best effort is try to respond to both the same way. Remember that every choice we make has its reward and price.