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Living in a World Without Gray
In simplistic terms it is not difficult to argue
the existence of darkness and the light from the rising sun. In
darkness, we are able to move without being noticed, accomplish
without being criticized and blunder without falling. In the light
we are awakened to the scrutiny of our peers, the gravity of our
dreams, and the stark reality of our mortality. Many teeter back
and forth from light to darkness, from black to white, oblivious
to the shadows that hide behind the crevices of our lives, oblivious
to gray. Then there are the teachers, the fathers, the mothers,
the sisters and brothers that protect us and guard us from the shadows.
They provide us with the illusions where love conquers all, good
defeats evil, the truth shall prevail, and nothing is impossible.
We are sent out believing in justice and we create
a moral code that we use as self-definition for the person that
we let take center stage. Sometimes to the roar of the crowd and
sometimes to the view of empty seats, but still we go on. Whether
our driving force is survival or gratification we live in a world
of our own creation; a world of illusions. For many the illusions
become a reality and the illusions are lost among the many daydreams
we had as a child.
We self-promote ourselves to roles of superior
and judge forgetting the steep cliff we have placed ourselves on
from the mountain most high. “I live in a world without gray,”
declares the blind fool who takes office and tries to rule. But
in gray is found compassion where the rules don’t apply; where
you don’t have to answer the questions and tell a truth from
a lie. In gray, right is wrong as often as wrong is right. The sun
shines as often during the day as it does at night. So before you
reach down to cast a stone, know we all have closets that are littered
with bones. Let the judge be the defendant and the ruler be the
accused. It isn’t time for being amused. A world without gray
is as bad as a world without black and white. It’s only by
accepting all will we truly take flight.
by Fred Cuellar the Diamond Guy®
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