If God is for us, who can be against us?
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
All ups and downs help you to find a balance in your being. No more ups and downs, but bliss, joy, silence and gratitude.
The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does not rule the world. She is the world, manifest in each of us, she can be known internally by every individual, in all her magnificent diversity.