Inspiration & Paradox 15: Our feelings are defined by our experience

The intensity of our human feelings – happiness, sadness, excitement, dullness, etc, etc, etc is never absolute but always relative to what we expect and have experienced in life. We will never truly know what is real peace and serenity if we have never encountered chaos and madness, we will never understand what pain and disappointment is if we have never felt fulfilment and satisfaction in our soul, we will never be able to really appreciate kindness and mercy, if we have never crossed path with cruel and mean people, we will never know how sweet and gratifying rest can be if we have never experienced real fatigue in the bones, we will never realise how precious life is if our safety has never been threatened by any sickness or danger, we will never ever know how sweet enlightenment can be if we have never lived in darkness and confusion, and the list goes on and on…I know some of you think all this sounds almost too passé, but I simply can’t miss out this plain twist of life in my blog.