One of the biggest misconceptions of reality
From the day we are born we are taught that everything as an opposite. Good and bad, stop and go, light and darkness, all of them are thought of as having nothing in common.
There is no such thing as an opposite. Take light and darkness, one of the most prominent examples of opposites. What about the gray area, the twilight, the in-between. It can't be claimed by either, yet has everything to do with the both of them.
Everything has something in common, no matter what it is. Stop and go both describe movement. Good and bad both describe morals. Even such random things as a building and the act of running. They are both described by human languages is a perfect example of something they have in common.
That doesn't mean there are no antonyms.The definition of an opposite is two things that have absolutely nothing in common. The definition of an antonym is two things that are different and yet one helps you understand the other, but the term antonym is much more often used in terms of words than actual things.
Ironically the symbol for Daoism is a perfect example of how the world actually is. A little light in your darkness and a little darkness in your light.
"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars." ~Og Mandino
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