Yin and Yang

I have been writing about politics again. I’d rather write about hooting owls and other sounds in the night. I’d rather study language, and dream of a better world looming out for my grandchildren and their children, ad infinitum.
Unpleasantness generally turns into something better. In the long run the disaster in New Orleans will bring about a better New Orleans. War whets the appetite for peace. Sickness pushes us toward healthy living. Sometimes poverty produces millionaires. If we look at the big picture, we can see a world becoming.
“Becoming what?” responded a voice from the audience.
The world is becoming a better place to live, and we are moving onward and upward. It is yin and yang. Unpleasantness carries with it the seed of good which will grow into something pleasant. The unpleasantness of war carries the seed of peace. The unpleasantness of hunger carries the seed of more effective food production and distribution. The unpleasantness of hate carries the seed of love and friendship. Pain carries the seed of healing. Napoleon Hill said it well in his book Think and Grow Rich, “Failure carries with it the seed of equal or greater benefit.”
“And what seed does overpopulation carry?” shouted someone in the audience.
For starters, the unpleasantness of overpopulation carries the seed of birth control.
“But birth control is sin!” shouted someone else.
The unpleasantness of overpopulation teaches us that birth control, whether you like it or not, is very necessary to maintaining and enhancing the quality of life. Much of the unpleasantness of overpopulation comes from people having more children than they can educate or give proper attention to. That leads to a whole host of social problems, thus giving us a good indication that birth control could have prevented such problems.
“You speak with the tongue of Satan!” shouted the same voice.
The unpleasantness of ignorance carries the seed of enlightenment.