Props for the Negative; Aphorisms

There is no need need to see anything that is negative as a thing that is undesirable or needs to be improved, otherwise altered or done away with. The negative is just fine as it is. There is no need to somehow transform the negative into the positive or make the negative somehow end up as something positive. There is no need to transcend the negative.

The negative is an acceptable state at all times and in all forms (if one is willing to see it as such).

There is no evidence that the primary value of the negative is that it enables one to see the positive. There is no necessary correlation between the negative and the positive.

There is no reason that it is unacceptable or undesirable for a particular individual to choose to value the negativity more than she does the positive. Indeed, there is no reason for a particular individual to refrain from embracing or celebrating the negative if she wishes to. The dark side is not as dark as people make it out to be.

In most cases, there is no strong evidence that the portion of an adult life that remains will be qualititavely superior to the portion of an adult life that has already taken place. There will be strong evidence that life is a positive thing only when there is strong evidence that the conditions in which that life is lived are positive.

A nihilist is an individual who wants all parts of the status quo to cease to exist. Nihilism is a philosophical position; not an emotional valence.