Shining Thru

Have you ever realized that you have forgotten something extremely important?  Have you ever just had a moment of “oh crap I can’t believe I didn’t do that?”  I’ve done it and seen many different people have those realizations…a bill, an appointment, a date, a test, a part of the process.  It always seems like those moments pop into your head, either just in time, or just a second too late, or at the most inappropriate/inopportune time.

What do you do when you remember, spring into action, or call around checking, or just put it back to the side for just another moment, realizing that it’s probably too late anyway?  What happens when you’re right at the finish line and then realize that you forgot that final lap, that one last step in the process.  I have found that this happens the most when you have a very extended time to complete something.  When you know you have a few months or even years, you just set it to the side figuring that you can take care of it later…and then it happens….the time is up and you either remembered or you didn’t…now what?

There is a reason that they say opposites attract…I was having a conversation the other day with someone who pointed out an aspect to this theory that I had never thought of before.  They stated that our minds look for symmetry…I started thinking about this and it makes a lot of sense.  People who are considered beautiful, are generally thought at least “market pretty” because their faces are as close to symmetrical as possible. 

The more I thought about this concept the more I realized that a lot of the time the symmetry comes from the presence of the opposite of any given thing.  Good vs. Evil; man vs. woman; light vs. darkness; and so on….it’s why we look for something yet to come in a movie, we’re not satisfied until we’ve been on the emotional roller-coaster.  We just can’t seem to get closer or don’t feel complete until the opposite of something is present.  Which takes me back to a theory that I’ve had for quite awhile, it just seems to make more sense now.  I have thought for many years now, that the definition of a word is not necessarily as important as knowing it’s opposite.  Without an opposite something cannot exist…I’m sure there could be holes in this theory…but it makes a lot of sense for most things…think about it, something like hunger…if being full didn’t exist, there would be no point to hunger, it simply would be and therefore wouldn’t exist…it would just be a part of our living condition. 

Do things exist without their opposites?  Or do we just not feel complete until we get the opposite and therefore don’t recognize something until the opposite has been made clear?

The joy pounds through your heart

You see the one you love

You imagine life with them forever

You know it’s right when you’re together.

The happiness fills your soul

You just enjoy being near them

They complete you and you don’t want to move on

You love them for who they are

And are completely accepted for who you are

Good, Bad, Complicated, or otherwise

You just want them with you

To sit with, talk with, and love.