Black+White=Grey

Welcome to the first blog post of yours truly. Thank you for coming. You may be seated.

This post is inspired by lyrics from Everything & Nothing by The Classic Crime. I've been meaning to post something eventually but couldn't think of anything worthwhile. But this is something that worked its way out of my cerebrum tonight, and it seems good enough for sharing.

♪Everything is dark inside the whitest lie. When you take the truth in every half truth, you take the grey over the black and white.♫ A lie is a lie. Half truth has truth in it. But it's not whole. As white and seemingly harmless as a lie can seem, it is still a lie. In reality it's black and distorts truth. You don't have the whole picture. If you take the truth in every half truth, you're not getting the whole thing. It becomes a blur and muddled and it's grey. It's tough to distinguish between the truth and the fiction.

♪Everything is white inside the blackest truth.♫ The truth can be ugly. It can be harsh and a tough pill to swallow. But it's the truth. It's reality. And ignoring it or twisting it doesn't change it or make it go away. It is what it is. But it's white. It's pure and it's honest and real. You can know what it is and see what you're really facing. Sometimes it really hurts. A lot. But you can see it for what it really is and deal with it as it needs to be. It's not always easy but it's real and it's what's right.