Opposition
Almost within every action of everyday, we face some sort of opposition. Oppositions can be found at many different levels, like social, physical, mental... and although it isn't hard to see oppositions as a negative thing in the end I find opposition not only to be a positive but also a necessity to life. Without opposition nothing would change because nothing would need to be changed. Things would never get better or worse and life would almost seem pointless. Well the biggest opposition that every living thing goes against every day if the opposition of life vs. death. I know there are things I do everyday, consciously and subconsciously to avoid death. When I wake up I take a shower. Now at the time I think, "I want to take a shower because I don't want to smell," but another reason why is to get rid of germs that could potentially get me sick which could kill me. When I cross the street I look to make sure there are no cars coming so they don't hit me which would most likely result in my death. Most of the time I am moderating my body temperature so that I don't get too cold or too warm, and although this is often times for comfort reasons this also ties in with fighting the opposition of death. The medicine I take when I'm sick, the amount of sleep I get every night, the amount of food I eat everyday are all actions I take in order to fight the opposition of death, and there are countless other, some I'm sure that I'm not even aware of. It is also somewhat ironic that no one ever succeeds in fighting the opposition of death because so much of our everyday lives are in efforts to prolong our lives. And even though people know that they will never defeat the opposition of death we continue to fight against it every day.