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All overt and covert emotions would shrivel without the beam of contrast and comparison to supply context and implication. We need the value of counterpoise to recognize and distinguish between similar and dissimilar concepts. How do we identify the importance of hope if we never felt despair? How do we appreciate the value of society and companionship until we experience solitude and loneliness? What would any relationship be unless draped with the boughs of thoughts and feelings, without the ongoing interaction between conscientious action and unreserved devotion, without endless empathy fused with boundless love? In the ring of time, without the verve supplied by both the real and the imaginary, life would be bland, insipid, and lackluster.

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I remember a time in a class on a cold winter morning a Japanese girl came with a surgical mask & I thought __ow people would go to extremes NOT to get sick in Japan_ afterwards on a break I approached her & asked in a cynical manner: why the mask? Are you afraid of catching a cold? & then she said __n Japan you use it when YOU are under the weather & you don__ want other people to get sick, it is the polite thing to do_ wow! that's a lesson I will never forget