BOTH LIGHT AND SHADOW ARE NECESSARY

Unless we have an understanding and acceptance of pain, we will have no way to transcend that pain. Throughout our lives we are struggling. We struggle because, in our being, we feel we are what we are and cannot change. We are constantly anxious. Why? Goodness knows! Only because we have basic goodness, or innate wholesomeness, in us can we feel the counterpart of that, the pain of discomfort, anxiety, and confusion. In order to take a photograph, not only light but shadow is necessary.

I love this qoute from Ocean of Dharma - Thanks!