Like a Diamond

Only thru the act of extreme pressure does awareness feel the impulse to make truly positive changes.

Only thru incentive to survive (fear of death), does awareness gain the fortitude to climb the next rung on the ladder.

Only in absolute darkness, deep down in the depths, does one make the commitment to begin climbing.

Outlook is an equilibrium, a balance of dark and light. To run from the dark towards the light is to cause darkness to race towards you. The faster you run away, the faster it catches you. To embrace equilibrium, is to have empathy for the darkness in balance with joy for the light.

You first have to recognize that the 'system' is repugnant, and to deny or ignore is for the system to become increasingly more repugnant until the moment of your recognition. Next is to recognize how incredibly beautiful the system is. Realization that as you raise your level, one step at a time, the system itself rewards you.

Now you can turn back around and start heading towards the dark, no longer afraid of it. As you walk towards the dark, it is transitioned to light. You are still in balance because as far as you can see, there is still darkness in one direction and light in the other. Except now the light has your back.