No point here, just babbling...
Oct. 15th, 2003 01:32 pmRandom not yet very well verbalized thought while trying unsuccessfully to sleep last night (the valerian root did finally kick in, thankfully).
I realized that there were no opposites that I could think of where I was not happier with them being thought of as opposite ends of a spectrum, rather than them being the only options with no mixing allowed. I cannot find any cases where a pair of opposites are the only choices, with no middle ground.
I don't know what to do with this idea. I've often suspected that life would be much easier if I *could* believe in clear boundaries between opposites, but I think it would also be very, very uncomfortable for who I am. I like being switchy. And I like to try to see other people's sides of things, of which there are very rarely only two. Hell, I, personally, tend to have multiple mental and emotional states at any given time.
I realized that there were no opposites that I could think of where I was not happier with them being thought of as opposite ends of a spectrum, rather than them being the only options with no mixing allowed. I cannot find any cases where a pair of opposites are the only choices, with no middle ground.
I don't know what to do with this idea. I've often suspected that life would be much easier if I *could* believe in clear boundaries between opposites, but I think it would also be very, very uncomfortable for who I am. I like being switchy. And I like to try to see other people's sides of things, of which there are very rarely only two. Hell, I, personally, tend to have multiple mental and emotional states at any given time.
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