My Book About God — Page 60
60 pole cannot exist on its own. There is always a negative pole on the other end. Similarly, the existence of happi- ness without misery, or vice versa, is unthinkable. They support and compliment each other. We can appreciate happiness only if there is misery around. Evolution of life cannot take place if there was only happiness. In fact, misery is essential for the progress of life. If you remove the role of misery from the overall scheme, life would become stale and stagnant. It has to be present to push the wheel of progress as we can achieve happiness only by overcoming misery. All sci- entific achievements were possible due to misery and all creative thoughts were born out of misery. For example, whenever misery befalls man in the