Paradoxes

It was an English Lit teacher that first taught me the definition of a paradox. Since then I've discovered life to be full of paradoxes, particularly in matters of Significance. Like how is it that when we are weak we are also strong? And that we can rejoice even in loss?

The newest one to hit me over the head today is that in freedom, we serve others. That when we give our lives, we are the most free? I don't get that, yet somehow I do.

By definition a paradox is "a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that when explained or investigated may prove to be well-founded or true."

I'm in the process of getting over its absurdity and seeing the beauty of this truth.