Onions and Garlics

When life becomes very difficult,
If you are an onion, you must become a garlic
And if you are a garlic, you must be an onion..

Let me explain..
An onion has many layers and a core
(occasionally two cores!)
A garlic has only one layer and a core

Here's the difference:
The thoughts, perceptions and attitudes of onions
Like electrons, can orbit from one layer to another layer..
One minute, it is summer
Next minute, it is spring
Today, it is winter
Tomorrow, it is autumn..
The world of onions can be rather chaotic
Their intents are often maybes and possiblies..
Their paradigms are often anywheres, anyhows, anytimes..
There is hardly any rigidity with onions..
Their limits are only the orbits they are on at the moment..
Onions like chameleons..
Because of their sensible and sensitive nature
Can function on different layers at the same time..
Or function on the same layers at different times..

Garlics have only two layers:
Yes - No
Right -Wrong
Black - White
Can -Can't
Do - Don't
Will -Won't
I - You
Me -They
Mine - Others
On - Off
Simple and precise,
Clear and concise..
No ifs, no buts..
At best, confident and sure
At worse, intolerant and pompous..

So here is why I mean:
Know yourself whether you are an onion or a garlic..
It does well to learn to be both
In order to survive this mad, mad world..

Life is like a cookery lesson..
You cannot use only one ingredient
Neither can you use too many..
Taste and texture..
Method and colour..
Time and speed..
Hot and cold..
And all the others in between..

But one thing remains:
You cannot compromise the common good for self interest
Meaning you cannot jeopardise the whole dish
Just for the luxury of a few or many exotic ingredients..

After all the work and the fire
The end-dish should still be season-worthy
The contribution still be reason-worthy
And this is the meaning of living life

It is an art to learn to be
BOTH an onion and a garlic..
Life for you and others
Will certainly be more flavourful..