In order to understand what it is to be human it seems to me that we need some awareness of the extremes of our nature. If we fail to consider what we are capable of at our very best and at our absolute worst there is a danger of settling for a fundamentally false picture of who we are.
But it's hard to maintain balance whilst negotiating those extremes. For a few minutes tonight I found myself contemplating the darker side, a place it doesn't pay to remain in too long, but where we sometimes need to stand. Must say, I look forward to spending rather more time at the other, happier, extreme soon.
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