Mixtures

Bitter and sweet, light and dark, hot and cold, wet and dry, clear and cloudy, loose and tight, fast and slow, active and still, direct and indirect, love and hate, caring and indifference, pleasure and pain, thinking and acting, working and playing, watching and ignoring, on and off, needing and wanting, close and far, engaged and detached, encouraging and disciplining, winning and losing, teaching and learning, talking and listening, hearing and understanding, leading and following, leaning forward and leaning back: life requires mixtures.