When the ancient East and the ancient West cotton on to the same idea independently, it’s worth paying attention to.

The idea?

I think the tai chi symbol (the “yin and yang” symbol – that black-and-white circle) is one of the most beautiful things humans have created. It shows how two extremes should coexist – as equals, pressed together, with each containing a mote of the other.

Note that it’s not a grey circle. Both black and white remain pure, even as they support each other.

Someone who is purely feminine or always in action can’t exist. If they did, they would be wildly imbalanced. Everyone needs both of any spectrum – just not in equal amounts.

It’s the same with Order and Chaos. The answer isn’t to lean into one or the other. It’s not to find the neutral grey between those two. It’s to use each when the time is right, supported by the other.

That’s how the book of Genesis describes the early universe, too. God created the universe by imposing Order onto the shapeless void. Then he used the flood – the embodiment of Chaos – to purify it after things went awry.

(“Things went awry.” I’m covering a lot with that snippet…)

This shows up everywhere. How many legends talk of a hero slaying an embodiment of chaotic nature – dragons, for example? How many legends talk of a hero overthrowing a corrupt, stagnant king?

Maybe it’s time you stopped reading these stories and started living them.

After all, the point of a story about heroes is to teach you how to be one.

No hero goes it alone, though. That’s why I call my business Antipater, after the man who ruled Alexander the Great’s kingdom while he was off conquering Persia.

Because every hero needs someone to support them behind the scenes.

What’s that? Is it destiny calling you? Or just a more meaningful future for you and yours?

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