Title: Inside Down, Upside Out
Author: Becka
Chapter 4: Yin and Yang (3)
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Right and wrong. Top and bottom. Forward and back.
The balance is a part of all things.
Many people have spoken of it, have studied it. The laws of man, the laws of nature, the laws of God - this is truth, and has been accepted as such, even though many will find one way or another to argue it.
Some say that there is no order. They say that only chaos, anarchy, is real.
It's laughable, but they say it nonetheless.
How can chaos exist without order? How can order control without chaos? This is balance. This is truth. Surely, they must admit, even if they refuse to accept the reality of order outside of chaos, that there _is_ order _inside_ of chaos. There is a pattern in random. There is a grain of truth in every lie.
You know that saying, opposites attract.
Or how about, there's a fine line between love and hate.
Ever notice how when you're so close to death, you've never felt so alive.
Different concept, same principle.
The kicker is, whether you choose to walk the straight path or to come full circle, you're right back where you started.
Draw a straight line. At one end of the line make a mark and label it "Perfect." At the other end of the line, make another mark and label it "Imperfect." Now, you'd think that these two points are the farthest from one another as you can get. However, bend that line, connect those two ends, and in reality, that which is most perfect and that which is least perfect are one and the same.
Full circle.
"An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force," or so they say.
But I am the Shadow.
I am both the object and the force.
I control myself.
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