EMERSON ON COMPENSATION| Rev. Paul Gonyea

"Everything in our physical experience has two sides, because that's what gives each side its own special flavor, and makes the whole that much better. Call it "creative tension" if you want. Rain makes us enjoy the sun a little more, and vice versa. Hot weather makes us appreciate cold weather. Food tastes better when we're hungry; we appreciate water more when we're a little thirsty. Walter Starcke, in his book, It's All God, says this is because everything finite needs a complement to complete it, to keep it in balance. The left brain needs the right brain. An inspired, creative business idea needs a logical, feasible economic plan. The intuitive complements the rational. The problem arises when the two parts are separated, or when we try to separate them. That's when things get out of balance, at least temporarily."