COUNTERPOINTS

The Exceptional and the Mundane

The dreamer and the realist

The non-conformist and the boyscout

The believer and the skeptic

The romantic and the pragmatic

The obedient and the truant

Each the antithesis of the other, not understanding but strangely drawn to each other.
seeking that which is beyond them, that which sparks their curiosity but their nature cannot allow,

The Mundane, such simplicity and satisfaction with life that mediocrity is acceptable,

The exceptional, such ambition and a thirst for excellence that nothing else is accepted or expected,

Maybe its the beauty in honesty that brings about such purity,
When pretences are put aside, and guards let down.

when people look beyond the obvious, the superficial, that which wasn't built to last
that counterpoints allow themselves to see each other and see themselves in each other,

Falling hopelessly and hopefully for one another, one riding riding on the dreams of the other, the other finding stability in the other's certainty.

The skeptic fascinated and at the same time awed by the believers blind faith in that which he cannot control,
the believer intrigued by the skeptics never ending questions and curiosity about that which he cannot understand,

The obedient secretly admiring the courage of the truant and openly despising his folly,

The non-conformist impressed by the discipline and obedience of the boyscout.

When we learn that we alone cannot suffice, we put away selfish pride, and learn to compromise.
the essence of life lying not in the success of the entity but rather the whole,
if only we could adopt humility, avoid the ambiguity of duplicity, encourage simplicity, and learn to live in perfect symmetry.

~ Kevin Koech