Black Or White / Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Dark days are part of our lives, but having said that so are light days. There is supposed to be an opposite for everything. For good there is bad, for up there is down, you get the idea.
But for many people there are no opposite, they selectively choose to see one side of things, for them there is no good and all bad, or there is no down only up. Their world is an all or nothing existence; full of light or full of darkness. They only move up or down, and never stop to consider the alternative.
Both cases are bad, we need change, we need flexibility, and we need the darkness and the light. We are not created to be constant; we are created to be changed. Always evolving, growing and surpassing ourselves. It' s those very contrasts of life that enables us to do so.
Here is the argument proposed by Paul Lucas, a little-known philosopher who wrote I book I picked up at Hurstville Library, "The No Road": If we only see the world as all good, why bother with change? It'll is perfect the way it is. If we see everything as down, then what’s the use of even trying to change, it will only end in a downward motion.
Of course, these would be considered extremist views, but in lieu of this he provides boundaries for us to work with and consider, lest we brand them fallacies to the argument.
It is the ebb and flow of grey that create the need to grow, the need to see things in a new light. We need balance, we need to be dark and light up and down… We need to allow ourselves the privilege of contrast. The black and white lights are what give the world its colors. If we have no black, we would have no color, no variations to what we see or experience.
So allow yourself the experience to live the black and white of life, to see the ups and downs and to know the colors of the world. If you are down, appreciate the moment, because you can now look forward for the up. If you are up, relish your situation, because you will have your down.
I wrote this post not for any real attempt to sound 'deep' or 'reflective', but I felt it would be good for me to look back and admire another lesson learnt in this ever-changing society where tiny moments of truth and education are easily lost as we mature further and further into the monotony of adulthood.
For that reason, I give you my new layout. I'm going to go find that grey in between and see if I can get both light and dark, because I"m indecisive and want everything.
Labels: blog, layout, life, thoughts
/because of my high tolerance.
2:35:00 PM
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