In 1859, 165 years ago, Charles Dickens’ historical novel, A Tale of Two Cities, was published.
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That novel was just what I thought of when I read Juan’s response to newsletter #6:
I would put to my current chapter:
*Resisting the test or the storm
And to my next chapter:
*Test passed or good thing I didn't give up
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Like Juan, we have all gone through those storms, from which sometimes it seems so difficult to get out, we have all suffered, we have all failed, we have all cried, we have all fallen, we have all hit rock bottom, but we have also gotten up, we have smiled, we have achieved many things and we have celebrated…
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Dickens describes this duality in a sublime way:
It was the best of times,
was the worst of times;
the age of wisdom,
and also of madness;
the age of beliefs
and disbelief;
the era of light
and darkness;
the spring of hope
and the winter of despair.
We owned everything,
but we had nothing;
we were walking straight up to the sky
and we would go astray on the opposite path.
In a word,
that time was so similar to the present...
👇 Reminder of the day 👇
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Human experience is based on duality.
Life is a mixture of diametrically opposed experiences. There are times of great joy (“the best of times”) as well as times of difficulty and adversity (“the worst of times”).
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Both joy and adversity are integral parts of the human experience, but even in the darkest of times, there is potential for growth.
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Storms pass, giving up is not an option.
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Cheer up Luis!
