#pleasure and pain

Good and Bad, no matter how distinct they appear to be, they definitely are relative. They interrelate to one another, and more than that, they are complementary and interdependent. Good cannot simply be without the being of Bad.

Though, by human nature, we savor happiness and well-being yet loathe sadness and grief, we cannot go through one without encountering the other. One cannot interpret well-being without previously undergoing ill-being. We cannot fathom pleasure without already knowing pain.

O you who overflow with grief and sadness, do not despair and give in, there’s more in life than the mere actual moment, and along with every hardship lies relief.

Once born, the baby cries before offering smiles, for being sad is learning to be content.