yin-yang

there are always two sides to the coin -
the good and the bad,
the pros and the cons,
the yin and the yang.

for example, today while i was at the dean's office submitting my SEP documents, at 1pm sharp the receptionist told everyone that it was lunch break time. she asked everyone to leave the office and come back at 2pm, and this she did even though at that point in time she was currently attending to an indian family who had popped by to enquire about how to admit their daughter into FASS to major in economics. instead of staying an extra 10 minutes to help answer whatever short queries they might have, she insisted that the office be closed. but hey miss, isn't your lunch break one hour long? so what is 10 minutes?

and that got me thinking (as i too, left to print some documents and settle my lunch in order to burn the one hour) about the pros and cons of being flexible, versus being rigid when it comes to rules.
one would be likely to say "hey, strike a balance," but undeniably there are pros and cons to both.

in fact, it is clear that everything has its own good and bad points.
from deforestation to human aid, false alarms to smartphones, everything.
even the signpost erected in the park that says "no feeding" has its good and bad sides (based on my memory of the time when i was young and still staying at blk 179, where my dad told me a similar story).

therefore in life, no matter what we're faced with, always remember that there are two sides... and despite the other side's grass being seemingly greener all the time, remember that there is grass on this side as well. and also, that both sets of grass have their pros and cons.
although we tend to take the good points for granted, and exaggerate the bad ones, we must actively avoid these two processes.
similarly, when experiencing post-decision dissonance, we should always keep the yin and yang in mind.
never exaggerate or downplay either side, for both always exist.

i'm free for debate on this topic (as well as the theory of fate, as always)
- please feel free.