Stars Can't Shine Without Darkness

Stars Can't Shine Without Darkness

by Amanda Blain
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I know a lot of people get annoyed with "silly words over fancy pictures" posted on the internet… but I think affirmations are part of what got me here today… Simple beliefs that you can focus on, in a positive, constructive way…  Or ideas that give you perspective into things you might be feeling….

….and today I feel that darkness is required for you to see stars… and that is mighty ok. 🙂

 

stars can39t shine without darkness*Stars Can’t Shine Without Darkness* I know a lot of people get annoyed with “silly words over fancy pictures” posted on the internet… but I think affirmations are part of what got me here today… Simple beliefs that you can focus on in a positive, constructive way… Or ideas that give you perspective into things you might be feeling…. ….and today I feel that darkness is required for you to see stars… and that is might ok. 🙂 #inspiration

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Rob E
Rob E
10 years ago

I see you Blainy

gordana comic
gordana comic
10 years ago

🙂
but they can
Sun shines, and Sun is the star …
when they are far, far, far away – we need darkness to see them shine
(and that is a good metaphore as well)

Edwin Liu
Edwin Liu
10 years ago

Very inspiring.

Steven Watson
Steven Watson
10 years ago

Not sure I've seen it phrased that way, but it does go along with the idea that you can't appreciate good without knowing some bad, or happiness without experiencing some sadness.

John Chavez
John Chavez
10 years ago

I actually really like this one. We dont think about it. Darkness must exist in order for light to be able to shine. It is a basic affirmation for how the universe (and in part, our lives) work.

Fred Fernando
Fred Fernando
10 years ago

Yup!

karan singh sodha rajput
karan singh sodha rajput
10 years ago

nice……………

Euro Maestro
Euro Maestro
10 years ago

I like it
Yin and yang.
Now I may have to write a science post about this.

Lucky Sysou
Lucky Sysou
10 years ago

nicely done! this one doesn't bother me so much 😉

David Moore
David Moore
10 years ago

Realty nice light can't exist without dark they are like ying and yang

Jesus Aaron Christ Payne
Jesus Aaron Christ Payne
10 years ago

The darkness is only needed so you may see the star light with the human eye. I do not desire darkness for Satan holds its hand.

minuli lokuliyanage
minuli lokuliyanage
10 years ago

soo true

Azhar Maikel
Azhar Maikel
10 years ago

=-O lol

Risty Pagadan
Risty Pagadan
10 years ago

true :))

Werner Klausen
Werner Klausen
10 years ago

Sure they can. It's just harder to see them 🙂 But I assume this isn't a scientific way to look at it, but more about dualism: there can't be light without darkness.

Bob Schlaefer
Bob Schlaefer
10 years ago

And you will never be able to see the stars unless you are willing to look up.

Mark Crowley
Mark Crowley
10 years ago

Very nice picture and sentiment but the scientist in me is saying "sure they can!" They wouldn't stand out though, so shine is still true.

Brett Bjornsen
Brett Bjornsen
10 years ago

"There is no light without dark, no happiness without grief, no improvement without error, and no true love without heartbreak. Take every bump in the road as a signal for something greater to come."

It takes an absence of something to appreciate the presence of something else…

Mohit Tiwari
Mohit Tiwari
10 years ago

yes you are right……..

Werner Klausen
Werner Klausen
10 years ago

A few posts down, I found this new comic by The Oatmeal. It's also about dualism, in a sense. theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

Mia Ahmad
Mia Ahmad
10 years ago

i am agree

Jason Bunting
Jason Bunting
10 years ago

An eternal truth lies therein, for "it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so…righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad."

Ambra Vanderpool
Ambra Vanderpool
10 years ago

This reminds me of this song  

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – "Stand A Little Rain"

Basically, the chorus, "If we're every gonna see a rainbow, we have to stand a little rain."

🙂  This is so true in life!

elyas agustiawan
elyas agustiawan
10 years ago

So the darkness is not always dark.
In the darkness there is light.

Saint Su
Saint Su
10 years ago

not really, look at the Real property of it, then you know that Yes, stars can sign in dark, because it is always shining, glittering, in dark we can see it and appreciate it, so it is a matter of twisting the Truth, stars do not need darkness.

Faisal Hafeez
Faisal Hafeez
10 years ago

hummmm

Adrian Martin
Adrian Martin
10 years ago

Simply refers to "balance." ..order requires chaos to exist — same reason people get a hard on over "The Dark Knight" film…lol. Humans enjoy the struggle.

All terms are defined in scope by that which it balances against; words and concepts are all like the koans of Zen Buddhism — in the end, useless utterances that are cyclical and have no meaning without effort or emotion. Balance is the key to providing them purpose…

I dig when goes all deep with a post. 😉

Gulshan Sharma
Gulshan Sharma
10 years ago

How very true.

Santosh Giri
Santosh Giri
10 years ago

True

limbu ganga
limbu ganga
10 years ago

Yes

Tracy Hang Tran
Tracy Hang Tran
10 years ago

Daily!:) 🙂

Aaron Zhang
Aaron Zhang
10 years ago

Worth considering.

khuram shahzad
khuram shahzad
10 years ago

hey who are u and what reason of sharing me this post?

Martin Holmes
Martin Holmes
10 years ago

🙂

Saju Bhute
Saju Bhute
10 years ago

very true

Ucowun Frank
Ucowun Frank
10 years ago

yo right

Masimba Chinamo
Masimba Chinamo
10 years ago

so true

Ataullah Siddiqui
Ataullah Siddiqui
10 years ago

Right. Good night.

Frank John
Frank John
10 years ago

Beautiful philosophy

Akber Sultan
Akber Sultan
10 years ago

Yes u rit

Ayesha Muzaffar
Ayesha Muzaffar
10 years ago

very well stated

PRIYESH MULANI
PRIYESH MULANI
10 years ago

nice thought blain.
but i dnt know who are you. can i Some thing moRe about you

Eric Gaskins
Eric Gaskins
10 years ago

This sums up Johnny "Shotgun" on Amazon. com.

Shakeel Ahmed
Shakeel Ahmed
10 years ago

of course dear

白溪
白溪
10 years ago

Yep

Connie Carle
Connie Carle
10 years ago

I like that it is oh so true

Papaironaldo Ronaldo
Papaironaldo Ronaldo
10 years ago

Good morning im from Brasil…kissss

Angélica Garcia-Boiteux
Angélica Garcia-Boiteux
10 years ago

Hum, science says otherwise.

Stefan Brenner
Stefan Brenner
10 years ago

Well, I'd like to have some more darkness to take nice pictures of the stars and objects in our wonderful sky.

Michael Kurowski
Michael Kurowski
10 years ago

Good stuff… As Richard Rohr says, "Psychological wholeness and spiritual holiness never exclude the problem from the solution.  If it is wholeness, then it is always paradoxical, and holds both the DARK and the LIGHT sides of things."

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