Worth Of An Enemy

1.2nd Day

Of what use is a friend? A friend is one whom you could talk to without any reservation and treat and cherish as an equal. He or she is one in whose presence you could be just yourself. A friend will not judge you or control you and friendship grows because both have created conditions for each other to grow. Yes, with a friend you can let your hair down.
Of what use is an enemy then? Will you not guard your speech and revise your behavior when your enemy is about? You do not want to confer any advantage to him or her so that your enemy may profit at your expense. An enemy sets you on the go mode and at workplace you may do whatever within your power to overtake him.
Consider an enemy as the tool that makes you shape up. You are watchful so he or she doesn’t get anything past you. If your rival acts contrary to your interests will you not immediately act to neutralize its effect? An enemy keeps you on your toes! An enemy one might conclude makes you and I advance: If such is the case you will agree he or she has uses.
An enemy could be said to be a ‘friend’ under extra ordinary circumstances.
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Coral reefs are like islands in a vast ocean looking for their meal to come in. They act as a magnet attracting other species to live in their proximity. Tiger sharks drop in for their feed. Green turtle hatches there while octopuses, mandarin fishes and many other species use it for furthering their own biological programs.
A coral reef is an example of predators and prey coexisting: schools of parrotfishes gather there for their procreative act. They send clouds of eggs and sperm simultaneously. Sometimes these fishes eat part of corals themselves; and their presence brings in manta rays that time their arrival to make a meal of their eggs and sperm. Thus indirectly they curb the damage the fishes could inflict on the reef.
Ways of the world: #1
My neighbor makes himself a pest and is out to pick a fight with me. Luckily he has neighbors too whom I can use to my advantage.
benny